King James Version

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

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διάκονοιdiakonoiministersδιάκονος (diakonos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “ministers”, the subject formG1249a waiter, servant; then of any one who performs any service, an administrator.ministersΧριστοῦchristouof ChristΧριστός (christos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Christ”, the of-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.of Christεἰσινeisinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.παραφρονῶνparaphronōnas a foolπαραφρονέω (paraphroneō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “as a fool”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3912I am out of my senses, am beside myself.as a foolλαλῶlalōto speakλαλέω (laleō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.This verse uses “speak”.ὑπὲρhuperam moreὑπέρadverb — “am more”G5228gen: in behalf of; acc: above.am moreἐγώegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inκόποιςkopoislaboursκόπος (kopos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “labours”, the to- or for-formG2873(a) trouble, (b) toil, labor, laborious toil, involving weariness and fatigue.laboursπερισσοτέρωςperissoterōsmore abundantπερισσοτέρωςadverb — “more abundant”G4056more-abundantlymore abundantἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inφυλακαῖςphulakaisprisonsφυλακή (phulakē)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “prisons”, the to- or for-formG5438a watching, keeping guard; a guard, prison; imprisonment.prisonsπερισσοτέρωςperissoterōsmore frequentπερισσοτέρωςadverb — “more frequent”G4056more-abundantlymore frequentἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inπληγαῖςplēgaisplagueπληγή (plēgē)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “plague”, the to- or for-formG4127a blow, stripe, wound; an affliction, plague.ὑπερβαλλόντωςhuperballontōsseverelyὑπερβαλλόντωςadverb — “severely”G5234beyond measure.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.θανάτοιςthanatoisdeathsθάνατος (thanatos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “deaths”, the to- or for-formG2288death, physical or spiritual.deathsπολλάκιςpollakisoftπολλάκιςadverb — “oft”G4178many times, often, frequently.oft

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

ministrants of Christ are they? — as beside myself I speak — I more; in labours more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft.

Young’s Literal Translation

ministrants of Christ are they? — as beside myself I speak — I more; in labours more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times;

World English Bible

Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself.) I am more so: in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, and in deaths often.

Darby Translation

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as being beside myself) I above measure [so]; in labours exceedingly abundant, in stripes to excess, in prisons exceedingly abundant, in deaths oft.

Douay-Rheims

They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as one less wise). I am more; in many more labours, in prisons more frequently, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.

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