Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Corinthians 1:11 - 1:11

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Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Corinthians 1:11 - 1:11


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Ye also helping together on our behalf (sunupourgountōn kai humōn huper hēmōn). Genitive absolute with present active participle of late compound verb (sun and hupourgeō for hupo and ergon). Paul relied on God and felt the need of the prayer of God’s people.

By means of many (ek pollōn prosōpōn). Prosōpon means face (pros, ops). The word is common in all Greek. The papyri use it for face, appearance, person. It occurs twelve times in II Corinthians. It certainly means face in eight of them (2Co 3:7, 2Co 3:13, 2Co 3:18; 2Co 8:24; 2Co 10:1, 2Co 10:7; 2Co 11:20). In 2Co 5:12 it means outward appearance. It may mean face or person here, 2Co 2:10; 2Co 4:6. It is more pictorial to take it here as face “that out of many upturned faces” thanks may be given (hinȧ̇eucharistēthēi first aorist passive subjunctive) for the gift to us by means of many (dia pollon). It is indeed a difficult sentence to understand.