2 Thessalonians 2:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ἐρωτῶμεν δὲ ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, ὑπὲρ τῆς παρουσίας τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ ἡμῶν ἐπισυναγωγῆς ἐπʼ αὐτόν,

Transliteration

Erōtōmen de you, adelphoi, hyper the parousias of the Kyriou of us Iēsou Christou, and of us episynagōgēs upon him,

Grammar Details

*Erōtōmen*: verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural - we ask/beseech
*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
you: accusative, 2nd person plural - direct object
*adelphoi*: vocative, masculine plural - brothers/brethren
*hyper*: preposition + genitive - concerning/regarding
*parousias*: genitive, feminine singular - coming/presence/arrival
*Kyriou*: genitive, masculine singular - Lord/master
*Iēsou Christou*: genitive, masculine singular - Jesus Christ
*episynagōgēs*: genitive, feminine singular - gathering together/assembling
upon him: preposition *epi* + accusative - to/unto him

Word Meanings

*Erōtōmen*: ask/request/beseech/entreat
*de*: but/and/now (transitional particle)
*adelphoi*: brothers/brethren/fellow believers
*hyper*: concerning/about/regarding/on behalf of
*parousias*: coming/presence/arrival/advent
*episynagōgēs*: gathering together/assembling/collection

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Referenced Verses

Mark 13:27 : 27 And then shall he send forth the angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
Matt 24:31 : 31 And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
1 Thess 4:14-17 : 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; 17 then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
2 Tim 4:1 : 1 I charge [thee] in the sight of God, and of {G2962} Christ Jesus, who shall judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
Matt 25:32 : 32 and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats;
Rom 12:1 : 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, [which is] your spiritual service.
Eph 1:10 : 10 unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, [I say,]
1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus {G5547} at his coming?
1 Thess 3:13 : 13 to the end he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus {G5547} with all his saints.
Gen 49:10 : 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come; And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.

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