What Does 2 Corinthians 9:2 Mean?

“I know”

used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl

“For”

properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)

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

“mind”

predisposition, i.e., alacrity

“you”

of (from or concerning) you

“for which”

the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that

“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

“I boast”

to vaunt (in a good or a bad sense)

“to them of Macedonia”

a macedon (macedonian), i.e., inhabitant of macedonia

“that”

demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because

“Achaia”

achaia (i.e., greece), a country of europe

“was ready”

to furnish aside, i.e., get ready

“ago”

"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)

“a year”

the by-gone, i.e., (as noun) last year

“and”

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

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

a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct

“you”

of (from or concerning) you

“zeal”

properly, heat, i.e., (figuratively) "zeal" (in a favorable sense, ardor; in an unfavorable one, jealousy, as of a husband (figuratively, of god), or

“hath provoked”

to stimulate (especially to anger)

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

“very many”

more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion