16:1-12

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(16:1-2)

16:1a  Peri. de. th/j logei,aj th/j eivj tou.j a`gi,ouj(

16:1a  Now to answer what you asked about collecting money for our fellow believers in Jerusalem:

CONTENT

16:1b  w[sper die,taxa tai/j evkklhsi,aij th/j Galati,aj,  ou[twj kai. u`mei/j poih,sateÅ

16:1b  Do what I instructed the groups of believers in Galatia to do.

16:2a  kata. mi,an sabba,tou e[kastoj u`mw/n parV e`autw/| tiqe,tw qhsauri,zwn o[ ti eva.n euvodw/tai(

16:2a  Every  Sunday each one of you should individually put aside and save up some funds/(OR, each of you should put aside and save up some funds at home), that  correspond to how God prospered each of you that week.

circumstance

16:2b  i[na ... o[tan e;lqw

16:2b  so that when I arrive

16:2c  mh. ... to,te logei/ai gi,nwntaiÅ 

16:2c  you will not need to collect any money for this [16:1a].

NUCLEUS2

(16:3a-d)

16:3a  Choose some men that you approve of to take this money to the saints in Jerusalem.

16:3b  o[tan de. parage,nwmai,

16:3b  Then, when I come

16:3c  ou]j eva.n dokima,shte( diV evpistolw/n tou,touj pe,myw 

16:3c  I will send the people that you have approved and chosen with letters that I will write

16:3d  avpenegkei/n th.n ca,rin u`mw/n eivj VIerousalh,m\ 

16:3d  to take the funds that you have graciously given [MTY] to our fellow believers in Jerusalem.

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(16:4a-b)

16:4a  eva.n de. a;xion h=| tou/ kavme. poreu,esqai(

16:4a  If you and I think that it would be appropriate for me to go also,

16:4b  su.n evmoi. poreu,sontaiÅ 

16:4b  they will accompany me.

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COMMITAL

(16:5a-c)

COMMITAL

16:5a  VEleu,somai de. pro.j u`ma/j

16:5a  I will come to you

16:5b  o[tan Makedoni,an die,lqw\

16:5b  after I go through Macedonia province.

16:5c  Makedoni,an ga.r die,rcomai(

16:5c  because I have decided to go through Macedonia province.

manner

(16:6a-7c)

VOLITION

ALTERNATE1

16:6a  pro.j u`ma/j de. tuco.n paramenw/

16:6a  Perhaps I will stay with you a while in Corinth city,

ALTERNATE2

16:6b  h' kai. paraceima,sw(

16:6b  or even stay there during the winter,

16:6c  i[na u`mei/j me prope,myhte ou- eva.n poreu,wmaiÅ 

16:6c  in order that you yourselves can help me by providing some of the things that I will need to travel [EUP] to wherever I go next ,

16:7a  ouv qe,lw ga.r u`ma/j a;rti evn paro,dw| ivdei/n( 

16:7a  because I do not want to visit you now just for a short time,

16:7b  evlpi,zw ga.r cro,non tina. evpimei/nai pro.j u`ma/j

16:7b  I want to remain with you for a considerable period of time,

16:7c  eva.n o` ku,rioj evpitre,yh|Å 

16:7c  if the Lord permits me to do that.

circumstance

(16:8a-9b)

16:8  evpimenw/ de. evn VEfe,sw| e[wj th/j penthkosth/j\  

16:8  I will stay here in Ephesus city until after the Pentecost festival.

REASON1

16:9a qu,ra ga,r moi avne,w|gen mega,lh kai. evnergh,j(

16:9a because God has provided a great opportunity [IDM] for me to proclaim the gospel, and God is causing many people to be helped by what I do,

REASON2

16:9b  kai. avntikei,menoi polloi,Å

16:9b  and many people oppose me.

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EXHORTATION

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MEANS

(16:10a-11a)

16:10a  VEa.n de. e;lqh| Timo,qeoj(

16:10a  When Timothy comes to Corinth,

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Should this be the positive exhortation?

orienter

16:10b  ble,pete( 

16:10b  be sure

16:10c  i[na avfo,bwj ge,nhtai pro.j u`ma/j\

16:10c  that you respect him [LIT]) while he is with you.

16:10d  to. ga.r e;rgon kuri,ou evrga,zetai

16:10d  because he is serving the Lord by what he does,

16:10e  w`j kavgw,\ 

16:10e  just as I do.

POS EXHORTATION

Should this be the negative exhortation?

16:11a  mh, tij ou=n auvto.n evxouqenh,sh|Å

16:11a  Do not despise him.

purpose

(16:11b-d)

It seems strange that an EXHORTAION would be a constituent of a purpose?

16:11b  prope,myate de. auvto.n evn eivrh,nh|(

16:11b  Help him by giving him some of the things he will need to travel [EUP] and also ask God to bless him/(OR, Send him without striving or contending with him),

16:11c  i[na e;lqh| pro,j me\

16:11c  in order that he may come to me,

16:11d  evkde,comai ga.r auvto.n meta. tw/n avdelfw/nÅ 

16:11d  since I am expecting him to come to me along with the fellow believers who have been traveling with him.

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occasion

(16:12a)

16:12a  Peri. de. VApollw/ tou/ avdelfou/(

16:12a  Now to answer what you asked about our fellow believer Apollos:

OUTCOME

(16:12b-d)

concession

16:12b  polla. pareka,lesa auvto,n( i[na e;lqh| pro.j u`ma/j meta. tw/n avdelfw/n\ 

16:12b  although I strongly urged him to go back to you with the fellow believers who came here from Corinth,

16:12c  kai. pa,ntwj ouvk h=n qe,lhma i[na nu/n e;lqh|\ 

16:12c  he absolutely determined to not go to you at this time.

16:12d  evleu,setai de. o[tan euvkairh,sh|Å 

16:12d  But he will come to you when he considers the time to be appropriate.