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2Co 10:8. Γὰρ, for) This word makes an emphatic addition to the previous enunciation [epitasis].-καὶ περισσότερον τι, even somewhat more exceedingly [excellently]) for they were not only Christians, but apostles, etc.-ἐξουσίας, of the power) 2Co 10:6; 2Co 13:10.-ὁ Κυρίος, the Lord) Christ.-οὐκ αἰσχυνθήσομαι, I shall not be ashamed) It will not be mere flashes of lightning from a basin;[67] I shall not shrink from exercising my authority.
[67] A figurative expression for, a man must not be ashamed to assert his authority, if he wishes to make it of avail to correcting abuses.-ED.