G5389–φιλοτιμέομαι–philotimeomai

And so Y haue prechid this gospel, not where Crist was named, lest Y bilde vpon anotheres ground, but as it is writun,

φιλοτιμούμενον philotimoumenon “being ambitious”

And therfor we stryuen, whether absent, whether present, to plese hym.

φιλοτιμούμεθα, philotimoumetha “we are ambitious,”

and that ye do youre nede, and `ye worche with youre hoondis, as we han comaundid to you; and that ye wandre onestli to hem that ben with outforth, and that of no mannus ye desir ony thing.

φιλοτιμεῖσθαι philotimeisthai “to strive earnestly”