G3165–μέ–me

He it is who rescued us from so imminent a death, and will do so again; and we have a firm hope in Him that He will also rescue us in all the future,

ἡμᾶς hēmas “us”

while you on your part lend us your aid in entreaty for us, so that from many lips thanksgivings may rise on our behalf for the boon granted to us at the intercession of many.

ἡμῶν hēmōn “us”ἡμᾶς hēmas “us”ἡμῶν. hēmōn “us.”

For the reason for our boasting is this--the testimony of our own conscience that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, and in reliance not on worldly wisdom but on the gracious help of God, that we have conducted ourselves in the world,

ἡμῶν hēmōn “of us”ἡμῶν, hēmōn “of us,”

just as some few of you have recognized us as your reason for boasting, even as you will be ours, on the day of Jesus our Lord.

ἡμᾶς hēmas “us”ἡμῶν hēmōn “ours”ἡμῶν hēmōn “of us”

As certainly as God is faithful, our language to you is not now "Yes" and now "No."

ἡμῶν hēmōn “of us”

For Jesus Christ the Son of God--He who was proclaimed among you by us, that is by Silas and Timothy and myself--did not show Himself a waverer between "Yes" and "No." But it was and always is "Yes" with Him.

ἡμῶν hēmōn “us”

For all the promises of God, whatever their number, have their confirmation in Him; and for this reason through Him also our "Amen" acknowledges their truth and promotes the glory of God through our faith.

ἡμῶν. hēmōn “us.”

But He who is making us as well as you stedfast through union with the Anointed One, and has anointed us, is God,

ἡμᾶς hēmas “us”ἡμᾶς hēmas “us”

and He has also set His seal upon us, and has put His Spirit into our hearts as a pledge and foretaste of future blessing.

ἡμᾶς hēmas “us”ἡμῶν. hēmōn “of us.”

For if I of all men give you pain, who then is there to gladden my heart, but the very persons to whom I give pain?

με me “me”

And I write this to you in order that when I come I may not receive pain from those who ought to give me joy, confident as I am as to all of you that my joy is the joy of you all.

με me “me”

Now when I came into the Troad to spread there the Good News about the Christ, even though in the Lord's providence a door stood open before me,

μοι moi “to me”

yet, obtaining no relief for my spirit because I did not find our brother Titus, I bade them farewell and went on into Macedonia.

μου mou “of mine”με me “my”μου, mou “of mine,”

But to God be the thanks who in Christ ever heads our triumphal procession, and by our hands waves in every place that sweet incense, the knowledge of Him.

ἡμᾶς hēmas “us”ἡμῶν hēmōn “us”

Our letter of recommendation is yourselves--a letter written on our hearts and everywhere known and read.

ἡμῶν hēmōn “of us”ἡμῶν, hēmōn “of us,”

For all can see that you are a letter of Christ entrusted to our care, and written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the ever-living God--and not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts as tablets.

ἡμῶν hēmōn “us”

not that of ourselves we are competent to decide anything by our own reasonings, but our competency comes from God.

ἡμῶν hēmōn “of us”

It is He also who has made us competent to serve Him in connexion with a new Covenant, which is not a written code but a Spirit; for the written code inflicts death, but the Spirit gives Life.

ἡμᾶς hēmas “us [as]”

And all of us, with unveiled faces, reflecting like bright mirrors the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same likeness, from one degree of radiant holiness to another, even as derived from the Lord the Spirit.

ἡμεῖς hēmeis “We ourselves”

If, however, the meaning of our Good News has been veiled, the veil has been on the hearts of those who are on the way to perdition,

ἡμῶν, hēmōn “of us,”

For God who said, "Out of darkness let light shine," is He who has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory, which is radiant on the face of Christ.

ἡμῶν hēmōn “of us”

But we have this treasure in a fragile vase of clay, in order that the surpassing greatness of the power may be seen to belong to God, and not to originate in us.

ἡμῶν, hēmōn “us,”

always, wherever we go, carrying with us in our bodies the putting to death of Jesus, so that in our bodies it may also be clearly shown that Jesus lives.

ἡμῶν hēmōn “of us”

For we, alive though we are, are continually surrendering ourselves to death for the sake of Jesus, so that in this mortal nature of ours it may also be clearly shown that Jesus lives.

ἡμεῖς hēmeis “we ourselves”ἡμῶν. hēmōn “of us.”

Thus we are constantly dying, while you are in full enjoyment of Life.

ἡμῖν hēmin “us”