2 Corinthians 12:20
For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
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ASV
For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means there should be strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;
KJV
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:
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26 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| φοβοῦμαι | phoboumai | I fear | G5399 → |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → |
| μή | mē | lest | G3361 → |
| πως | pōs | perhaps | G4458 → |
| ἐλθὼν | elthōn | having come | G2064 → |
| οὐχ | ouch | not | G3756 → |
| οἵους | oious | such as | G3634 → |
| θέλω | thelō | I wish | G2309 → |
| εὕρω | heurō | I may find | G2147 → |
| ὑμᾶς, | humas | you, | G4771 → |
| κἀγὼ | kagō | and I myself | G1473 →G2532 → |
| εὑρεθῶ | heurethō | may be found | G2147 → |
| ὑμῖν | humin | by you | G4771 → |
| οἷον | hoion | such as | G3634 → |
| οὐ | ou | not | G3756 → |
| θέλετε, | thelete | you do wish, | G2309 → |
| μή | mē | lest | G3361 → |
| πως | pōs | perhaps | G4458 → |
| ἔρις, | eris | a quarrel, | G2054 → |
| ζῆλος, | zēlos | jealousy, | G2205 → |
| θυμοί, | thumoi | anger, | G2372 → |
| ἐριθείαι, | eritheiai | contentions | G2052 → |
| καταλαλιαί, | katalaliai | slander, | G2636 → |
| ψιθυρισμοί, | psithurismoi | gossip, | G5587 → |
| φυσιώσεις, | phusiōseis | conceit, | G5450 → |
| ἀκαταστασίαι, | akatastasiai | disorder, | G181 → |
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