2Cor 9:5 | RWP | e4.org | I thought ( εγησαμην ). Epistolary aorist again. See for the expression here. Go before ( προελθωσιν ). Second aorist active of προερχομα . Go to you before I come. Make up beforehand ( προκαταρτισωσ ). Late and rare double compound verb προκαταρτιζω (in Hippocrates). Only here in N.T. See καταρτιζω in . Your afore-promised bounty ( την προεπηγγελμενην ευλογιαν υμων ). "Blessing" ( ευλογια ) literally, but applied to good deeds also as well as good words ( ). Note third use of "pro" before. He literally rubs it in that the pledge was overdue. That the same might be ready ( ταυτην ετοιμην εινα ). Here the infinitive alone ( εινα ) is used to express purpose without ωστε or εις το or προς το with the accusative of general reference ( ταυτην ). The feminine form ετοιμην is regular ( ) though ετοιμος also occurs with the feminine like the masculine ( ). And not of extortion ( κα μη ως πλεονεξιαν ). "And not as covetousness." Some offerings exhibit covetousness on the part of the giver by their very niggardliness.

‏ 2 Corinthians 9:5

I thought ( εγησαμην ). Epistolary aorist again. See Php 2:25 for the expression here.

Go before ( προελθωσιν ). Second aorist active of προερχομα. Go to you before I come.

Make up beforehand ( προκαταρτισωσ ). Late and rare double compound verb προκαταρτιζω (in Hippocrates). Only here in N.T. See καταρτιζω in 1Co 1:10.

Your afore-promised bounty ( την προεπηγγελμενην ευλογιαν υμων ). "Blessing" ( ευλογια ) literally, but applied to good deeds also as well as good words (Ge 33:11). Note third use of "pro" before. He literally rubs it in that the pledge was overdue.

That the same might be ready ( ταυτην ετοιμην εινα ). Here the infinitive alone ( εινα ) is used to express purpose without ωστε or εις το or προς το with the accusative of general reference ( ταυτην ). The feminine form ετοιμην is regular (1Pe 1:5) though ετοιμος also occurs with the feminine like the masculine (Mt 25:10).

And not of extortion ( κα μη ως πλεονεξιαν ). "And not as covetousness." Some offerings exhibit covetousness on the part of the giver by their very niggardliness.