What Does 2 Corinthians 7:14 Mean?

“For”

demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because

if, whether, that, etc

some or any person or object

“to him”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“of”

"over", i.e., (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case super

“you”

of (from or concerning) you

“if I have boasted”

to vaunt (in a good or a bad sense)

“not”

the absolute negative (compare g3361) adverb; no or not

“I am”

to shame down, i.e., disgrace or (by implication) put to the blush

“but”

properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)

“as”

which how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows)

“all things”

all, any, every, the whole

“in”

"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc

“a truth”

truth

“we spake”

to talk, i.e., utter words

“to you”

to (with or by) you

“so”

in this way (referring to what precedes or follows)

“even”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“which”

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“boasting”

boasting (properly, the act; by implication, the object), in a good or a bad sense

“our”

of (or from) us

“which”

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“I made before”

properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re

“Titus”

titus, a christian

“a truth”

truth

“is found”

to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)