2 Corinthians 8:17

Greek	ὅτι τὴνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ, ἡ, τό greek Meaning: * The The definite article. Forms Singular Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative ὁ ἡ τό Genitive τοῦ τῆς τοῦ Dative τῷ τῇ μὲν παράκλησιν ἐδέξατο, σπουδαιότερος δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ greek δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English. ὑπάρχων αὐθαίρετος ἐξῆλθεν πρὸςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigπρός greek Meaning * To or towards * Pertaining to (genitive case) * Near to (dative case) * According to * About Preposition. Occurs 703 times in the New Testament. πρός is a common preposition in Koine Greek that carries different meanings. It most frequently takes the accusative case, but at times it takes the genitive or dative cases, giving it a different meaning again. At its core, it usually describes movement or relationship toward someone or something, whether physical, s… ὑμᾶς.
ESV	For he not only accepted our appeal, but being himself very earnest he is going to you of his own accord.
NIV	For Titus not only welcomed our appeal, but he is coming to you with much enthusiasm and on his own initiative.
NLT	Titus welcomed our request that he visit you again. In fact, he himself was very eager to go and see you.
KJV	For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.

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