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2 Corinthians 3:1

Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “or” (ἢ) before from here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “if” (Εἰ) before surely not here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “commendatory [letters]” (συστατικῶν;) after you here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ἈρχόμεθαarchomethaDo we beginἄρχω (archō)verb, present middle indicative, 1st person plural — “Do we begin”, an ongoing or repeated actionG757I reign, rule.Do we beginπάλινpalinagainπάλινadverb — “again”G3825again, back, once more, further, on the other hand.This verse uses “again”.againἑαυτοὺςheautousourselvesἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “ourselves”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.ourselvesσυνιστάνεινsunistaneinto commendσυνίστημι (sunistēmi)verb, present active infinitive — “to commend”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4921I place together, commend, prove, exhibit; instrans: I stand with; I am composed of, cohere.This verse uses “commend”.ἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.orμὴmēnotμήparticle — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.χρῄζομενchrēzomento needχρῄζω (chrēzō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “to need”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5535I need, have need of, want, desire.ὥςhōswhichὡςconjunction — “which”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.τινεςtinesoneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.συστατικῶνsustatikōnletters of commendationσυστατικός (sustatikos)adjective, genitive, plural, feminine — “letters of commendation”, the of-formG4956commendatory, introductory.letters of commendationἐπιστολῶνepistolōnepistleἐπιστολή (epistolē)noun, genitive, plural, feminine — “epistle”, the of-formG1992a letter, dispatch, epistle, message.This verse uses “epistle”.πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.ὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.ἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.ἐξexfromἐκ (ek)preposition — “from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.fromὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.you

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

Εἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.συστατικῶνsustatikōnof commendationσυστατικός (sustatikos)adjective, genitive, plural, feminine — “of commendation”, the of-formG4956commendatory, introductory.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Do we begin again to recommend ourselves, except we need, as some, letters of recommendation unto you, or from you?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you?

Young’s Literal Translation

Do we begin again to recommend ourselves, except we need, as some, letters of recommendation unto you, or from you?

World English Bible

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?

Darby Translation

Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or do we need, as some, commendatory letters to you, or [commendatory] from you?

Douay-Rheims

Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need (as some do) epistles of commendation to you, or from you?

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