2Cor 5:9 | RWP | e4.org | We make it our aim ( φιλοτιμουμεθα ). Old and common verb, present middle, from φιλοτιμος ( φιλοσ, τιμη , fond of honour), to act from love of honour, to be ambitious in the good sense ( ; ; ). The Latin ambitio has a bad sense from ambire , to go both ways to gain one's point. To be well-pleasing to him ( ευαρεστο αυτω εινα ). Late adjective that shows Paul's loyalty to Christ, his Captain. Found in several inscriptions in the Koine period (Deissmann, Bible Studies , p. 214; Moulton and Milligan's Vocabulary ).

‏ 2 Corinthians 5:9

We make it our aim ( φιλοτιμουμεθα ). Old and common verb, present middle, from φιλοτιμος ( φιλοσ, τιμη, fond of honour), to act from love of honour, to be ambitious in the good sense (1Th 4:11; 2Co 5:9; Ro 15:20). The Latin ambitio has a bad sense from ambire, to go both ways to gain one's point.

To be well-pleasing to him ( ευαρεστο αυτω εινα ). Late adjective that shows Paul's loyalty to Christ, his Captain. Found in several inscriptions in the Koine period (Deissmann, Bible Studies, p. 214; Moulton and Milligan's Vocabulary).