God inspired Paul to an interesting arrangement of words here in 2 Corinthians 6.
\nMuch like the figure of speech \u201cPolysyndeton\u201d, or many conjunctions, the preposition \u201cin\u201d is used repeatedly to emphasize each individual item.<\/p>\n
2Co 6:3 KJV – Giving no offence in<\/span> any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: In verses 3, 4, and 5 the English word \u201cin\u201d is the Greek word \u201cen\u201d. Then, in verse 6, the same Greek word changes to the English word \u201cby\u201d and includes the first two uses of \u201cby\u201d in verse 7. Then, in verse 7, the third usage of \u201cby\u201d is the Greek word \u201cdia\u201d which then continues. God inspired Paul to an interesting arrangement of words here in 2 Corinthians 6. Much like the figure of speech \u201cPolysyndeton\u201d, or many conjunctions, the preposition \u201cin\u201d is used repeatedly to emphasize each individual item. 2Co 6:3 KJV – Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-information"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/figuresofspeechinthebible.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/figuresofspeechinthebible.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/figuresofspeechinthebible.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figuresofspeechinthebible.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figuresofspeechinthebible.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5386"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/figuresofspeechinthebible.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9060,"href":"https:\/\/figuresofspeechinthebible.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5386\/revisions\/9060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/figuresofspeechinthebible.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figuresofspeechinthebible.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figuresofspeechinthebible.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nv4 – But in<\/span> all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in<\/span> much patience, in<\/span> afflictions, in<\/span> necessities, in<\/span> distresses,
\nv5 – In<\/span> stripes, in<\/span> imprisonments, in<\/span> tumults, in<\/span> labours, in<\/span> watchings, in<\/span> fastings;
\nv6 – By<\/span> pureness, by<\/span> knowledge, by<\/span> longsuffering, by<\/span> kindness, by<\/span> the Holy Ghost, by<\/span> love unfeigned,
\nv7 – By<\/span> the word of truth, by<\/span> the power of God, <-en\/dia-> by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,<\/p>\n
\n[G1722] http:\/\/www.blbclassic.org\/lang\/lexicon\/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G1722&t=KJV<\/a><\/p>\n
\n[G1223] http:\/\/www.blbclassic.org\/lang\/lexicon\/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G1223&t=KJV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"