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2Co 8:3. Ὅτι, because) Anaphora with epitasis.[44]-ΜΑΡΤΥΡῶ, I bear witness) This expression has respect to the words, κατὰ, according to, and παρὰ, beyond.-αὐθαίρετοι) of their own accord; not only not being besought, but they themselves beseeching us. See the following verse.
[44] See App. The same ὅτι, already used 2Co 8:2, is again by Anaphora used here, to mark the beginnings of sections or sentences. The κατὰ δύναμιν makes an emphatic addition or epitasis.-ED.