1 Corinthians 2:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐγὼ ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ, καὶ ἐν φόβῳ, καὶ ἐν τρόμῳ πολλῷ ἐγενόμην πρὸς ὑμᾶς.

Transliteration

And I (egō) in astheneia, and in phobō, and in tromō pollō egenomēn pros you.

Grammar Details

• *egō*: nominative singular personal pronoun - I
• *astheneia*: dative feminine singular - weakness
• *phobō*: dative masculine singular - fear
• *tromō*: dative masculine singular - trembling
• *pollō*: dative masculine singular adjective - much/great
• *egenomēn*: aorist middle indicative, 1st person singular - I became/was
• *pros*: preposition with accusative - to/toward/with

Word Meanings

• *astheneia*: weakness/illness/frailty
• *phobō*: fear/dread/terror
• *tromō*: trembling/quaking/shaking
• *egenomēn*: became/was/came to be

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 13:4 : 4 For he was feeble in that he was put to death on the cross, but he is living by the power of God. And we are feeble in him, but we will be living with him through the power of God in relation to you.
• 2 Cor 13:9 : 9 For we are glad when we are feeble and you are strong: and this is our prayer, even that you may be made complete.
• Gal 4:13-14 : 13 But you have knowledge that with a feeble body I was preaching the good news to you the first time; 14 And you did not have a poor opinion of me because of the trouble in my flesh, or put shame on it; but you took me to your hearts as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
• Acts 17:6-9 : 6 And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here; 7 Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. 8 And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled. 9 And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go. 10 And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews. 11 Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so. 12 And a number of them had faith, and no small number of the Greek women of high position and of the men.
• Acts 18:6 : 6 And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.
• Acts 18:12 : 12 But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to the judge's seat,
• Acts 20:18-19 : 18 And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia, 19 Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:
• 1 Cor 4:10-13 : 10 We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame. 11 Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place; 12 And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly; 13 When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.
• 2 Cor 4:1 : 1 For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:
• 2 Cor 4:7-9 : 7 But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God; 8 Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them; 9 We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help; 10 In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies. 11 For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death. 12 So then, death is working in us, but life in you.
• 2 Cor 4:16 : 16 For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.
• 2 Cor 6:4 : 4 But in everything making it clear that we are the servants of God, in quiet strength, in troubles, in need, in sorrow,
• 2 Cor 7:5 : 5 For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; there were fightings outside and fears inside.
• 2 Cor 10:1 : 1 Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:
• 2 Cor 10:10 : 10 For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force.
• 2 Cor 11:29-30 : 29 Who is feeble and I am not feeble? who is in danger of falling, and I am not angry? 30 If I have to take credit to myself, I will do so in the things in which I am feeble.
• 2 Cor 12:5-9 : 5 On account of such a one I will have glory: for myself I will take no glory, but only in my feeble body. 6 For if I had a desire to take credit to myself, it would not be foolish, for I would be saying what is true: but I will not, for fear that I might seem to any man more than he sees me to be, or has word from me that I am. 7 And because the revelations were so very great, in order that I might not be overmuch lifted up, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, one sent from Satan to give me pain. 8 And about this thing I made request to the Lord three times that it might be taken away from me. 9 And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me. 10 So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.