2 Corinthians 13:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐλπίζω δὲ ὅτι γνώσεσθε ὅτι ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμὲν ἀδόκιμοι.

Transliteration

Elpizō de hoti gnōsesthe hoti hēmeis ouk esmen adokimoi.

Grammar Details

*Elpizō*: present, indicative, active, 1st person singular - I hope
*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
*hoti*: conjunction - that
*gnōsesthe*: future, indicative, middle, 2nd person plural - you will know
*hēmeis*: personal pronoun, nominative, 1st person plural - we
*ouk*: negative particle - not
*esmen*: present, indicative, active, 1st person plural - we are
*adokimoi*: adjective, nominative, masculine, plural - unapproved/failing the test

Word Meanings

*Elpizō*: hope/expect/trust
*gnōsesthe*: will know/will recognize/will understand
*adokimoi*: unapproved/disqualified/rejected/counterfeit

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
2 Cor 13:3-4 : 3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. 4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
2 Cor 13:10 : 10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

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