2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 12:19

¹⁹Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Have you been thinking	δοκεῖτε	dokeite	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G1380 I think, seem, appear, it seems
all along	Πάλαι	Palai	Adverb	G3819 of old, long ago
that	ὅτι	hoti	Conjunction	G3754 that, since, because
we were making a defense	ἀπολογούμεθα	apologoumetha	Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Plural	G626 I give a defense, defend myself
to you	ὑμῖν	hymin	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural	G4771 you
We speak	λαλοῦμεν	laloumen	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural	G2980 I speak, say
before	κατέναντι	katenanti	Preposition	G2713 opposite, in front of
God	Θεοῦ	Theou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G2316 God, a god
in	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
Christ	Χριστῷ	Christō	Noun - Dative Masculine Singular	G5547 anointed, the Messiah, the Christ
and	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
all	πάντα	panta	Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural	G3956 all, the whole, every kind of
of	τὰ	ta	Article - Nominative Neuter Plural	G3588 the
beloved	ἀγαπητοί	agapētoi	Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural	G27 loved, beloved
to build you up	οἰκοδομῆς	oikodomēs	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G3619 the act of building, a building, edification

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