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1 Corinthians 9:2

In 1 Corinthians 9 of 1 Corinthians.

If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

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εἰeiIfεἰconjunction — “If”G1487if.Ifἄλλοιςalloisunto othersἄλλος (allos)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “unto others”, the to- or for-formG243other, another (of more than two), different.unto othersοὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.εἰμὶeimiI amεἰμίverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I am”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.I amἀπόστολοςapostolosapostleἀπόστολοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “apostle”, the subject formG652a messenger, envoy, delegate, one commissioned by another to represent him in some way, especially a man sent out by Jesus Christ Himself to preach the Gospel; an apostle.ἀλλάallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.γεgeindeedγέparticle — “indeed”G1065an enclitic, emphasizing particle: at least, indeed, really, but generally too subtle to be represented in English.This verse uses “indeed”.ὑμῖνhuminto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “to you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.to youεἰμιeimito beεἰμίverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.γὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.forσφραγίςsphragissealσφραγίςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “seal”, the subject formG4973a seal, signet ring, the impression of a seal, that which the seal attests, the proof.the sealμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).of mineτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀποστολῆςapostolēsapostleshipἀποστολή (apostolē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “apostleship”, the of-formG651commission, duty of apostle, apostleship.This verse uses “apostleship”.apostleshipὑμεῖςhumeisyeσύ (su)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “ye”, the subject formG4771you.yeἐστεesteto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inκυρίῳkuriōLordκύριος (kurios)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the to- or for-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.the Lord

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

if to others I am not an apostle — yet doubtless to you I am; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.

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American Standard Version (1901)

If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

Young’s Literal Translation

if to others I am not an apostle — yet doubtless to you I am; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.

World English Bible

If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

Darby Translation

If I am not an apostle to others, yet at any rate I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in [the] Lord.

Douay-Rheims

And if unto others I be not an apostle, but yet to you I am. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

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