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2 Corinthians 7:3

I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.

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πρὸςprosthis toπρόςpreposition — “this to”G4314to, towards, with.this toκατάκρισινkatakrisincondemnκατάκρισις (katakrisis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “condemn”, the object formG2633condemnation, censure.condemnοὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.λέγωlegōto speakλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “speak”.προείρηκαproeirēkaforewarnπρολέγω (prolégō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, perfect active indicative, 1st person singular — “forewarn”, a completed action with a present resultG4302I tell (say) beforehand, forewarn, declare, tell plainly.Strong’s files this form under G4280 (προερέω, say).I have said beforeγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.καρδίαιςkardiaisheartsκαρδία (kardia)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “hearts”, the to- or for-formG2588lit: the heart; mind, character, inner self, will, intention, center.heartsἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ἐστεesteto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.εἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.συναποθανεῖνsunapothaneinto dieσυναποθνῄσκω (sunapothnēskō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to die”, a single actionG4880I die together with.dieκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andσυζῆνsuzēnto live withσυζάω (suzaō)verb, present active infinitive — “to live with”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4800I live together with.live with

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

not to condemn you do I say [it], for I have said before that in our hearts ye are to die with and to live with;

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American Standard Version (1901)

I say it not to condemn you : for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.

Young’s Literal Translation

not to condemn you do I say [it], for I have said before that in our hearts ye are to die with and to live with;

World English Bible

I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.

Darby Translation

I do not speak for condemnation, for I have already said that ye are in our hearts, to die together, and live together.

Douay-Rheims

I speak not this to your condemnation. For we have said before, that you are in our hearts, to die together, and to live together.

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