KJV: As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.
YLT: and concerning Apollos our brother, much I did entreat him that he may come unto you with the brethren, and it was not at all his will that he may come now, and he will come when he may find convenient.
Darby: Now concerning the brother Apollos, I begged him much that he would go to you with the brethren; but it was not at all his will to go now; but he will come when he shall have good opportunity.
ASV: But as touching Apollos the brother, I besought him much to come unto you with the brethren: and it was not all his will to come now; but he will come when he shall have opportunity.
Περὶ | Concerning |
Parse: Preposition Root: περί Sense: about, concerning, on account of, because of, around, near. |
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δὲ | now |
Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc. |
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Ἀπολλῶ | Apollos |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: Ἀπολλῶς Sense: a learned Jew from Alexandria and mighty in the scriptures who became a Christian and a teacher of Christianity. |
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ἀδελφοῦ | brother |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ἀδελφός Sense: a brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother. |
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πολλὰ | greatly |
Parse: Adjective, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: πολύς Sense: many, much, large. |
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παρεκάλεσα | I exhorted |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 1st Person Singular Root: παρακαλέω Sense: to call to one’s side, call for, summon. |
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ἵνα | that |
Parse: Conjunction Root: ἵνα Sense: that, in order that, so that. |
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ἔλθῃ | he should go |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἔρχομαι Sense: to come. |
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ἀδελφῶν | brothers |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ἀδελφός Sense: a brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother. |
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πάντως | at all |
Parse: Adverb Root: πάντως Sense: altogether. |
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θέλημα | [his] will |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: θέλημα Sense: what one wishes or has determined shall be done. |
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νῦν | now |
Parse: Adverb Root: νῦν Sense: at this time, the present, now. |
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ἔλθῃ | he should come |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἔρχομαι Sense: to come. |
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ἐλεύσεται | he will come |
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Middle, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἔρχομαι Sense: to come. |
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δὲ | however |
Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc. |
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εὐκαιρήσῃ | he shall have opportunity |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: εὐκαιρέω Sense: to have opportunity. |
Greek Commentary for 1 Corinthians 16:12
Adversative use of και kai = “but.” Apollos had left Corinth in disgust over the strife there which involved him and Paul (1 Corinthians 1-4). He had had enough of partisan strife over preachers. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for 1 Corinthians 16:12
The word means to have good opportunity; to have leisure: also, to devote one's leisure to something; to spend the time. Compare Mark 6:31; 1 Corinthians 16:12. [source]
Actual result with ωστε hōste and the infinitive with accusative of general reference as is common (also Acts 19:11) in the Koiné{[28928]}š (Robertson, Grammar, pp. 999f.). Paul apparently remained in Ephesus, but the gospel spread all over the province even to the Lycus Valley including the rest of the seven churches of Revelation 1:11; 2; 3. Demetrius in Acts 19:26 will confirm the tremendous influence of Paul‘s ministry in Ephesus on Asia. Forty years after this Pliny in his famous letter to Trajan from Bithynia will say of Christianity: “For the contagion of this superstition has not only spread through cities, but also through villages and country places.” It was during these years in Ephesus that Paul was greatly disturbed over the troubles in the Corinthian Church. He apparently wrote a letter to them now lost to us (1 Corinthians 5:9), received messages from the household of Chloe, a letter from the church, special messengers, sent Timothy, then Titus, may have made a hurried trip himself, wrote our First Corinthians, was planning to go after the return of Titus to Troas where he was to meet him after Pentecost, when all of a sudden the uproar raised by Demetrius hurried Paul away sooner than he had planned. Meanwhile Apollos had returned from Corinth to Ephesus and refused to go back (1 Corinthians 16:12). Paul doubtless had helpers like Epaphras and Philemon who carried the message over the province of Asia, Tychicus, and Trophimus of Asia who were with him on the last visit to Jerusalem (Acts 19:22, Acts 19:29; Acts 20:4). Paul‘s message reached Greeks, not merely Hellenists and God-fearers, but some of the Greeks in the upper circles of life in Ephesus. [source]
Explanatory use of λεγω legō Each has his party leader. Απολλω Apollō is genitive of Απολλως Apollōs (Acts 18:24), probably abbreviation of Απολλωνιυς Apollōnius as seen in Codex Bezae for Acts 18:24. See note on Acts 18:24 for discussion of this “eloquent Alexandrian” (Ellicott), whose philosophical and oratorical preaching was in contrast “with the studied plainness” of Paul (1 Corinthians 2:1; 2 Corinthians 10:10). People naturally have different tastes about styles of preaching and that is well, but Apollos refused to be a party to this strife and soon returned to Ephesus and refused to go back to Corinth (1 Corinthians 16:12). Χηπα Cēphā is the genitive of Χηπας Cēphās the Aramaic name given Simon by Jesus (John 1:42), Πετρος Petros in Greek. Except in Galatians 2:7, Galatians 2:8 Paul calls him Cephas. He had already taken his stand with Paul in the Jerusalem Conference (Acts 15:7-11; Galatians 2:7-10). Paul had to rebuke him at Antioch for his timidity because of the Judaizers (Galatians 2:11-14), but, in spite of Baur‘s theory, there is no evidence of a schism in doctrine between Paul and Peter. If 2 Peter 3:15. be accepted as genuine, as I do, there is proof of cordial relations between them and 1 Corinthians 9:5 points in the same direction. But there is no evidence that Peter himself visited Corinth. Judaizers came and pitted Peter against Paul to the Corinthian Church on the basis of Paul‘s rebuke of Peter in Antioch. These Judaizers made bitter personal attacks on Paul in return for their defeat at the Jerusalem Conference. So a third faction was formed by the use of Peter‘s name as the really orthodox wing of the church, the gospel of the circumcision. [source]
Comp. 2 Corinthians 1:1; Colossians 1:1; Philemon 1:1; Romans 16:23; 1 Corinthians 1:1; 1 Corinthians 16:12. [source]
Only here and Mark 14:11. lxx once, Mark href="/desk/?q=mr+6:31&sr=1">Mark 6:31; 1 Corinthians 16:12: εὐκαιρία opportunity Matthew 26:16: εὔκαιρος seasonableconvenient, Mark 6:21; Hebrews 4:16. [source]
Lit., the brother. Timothy could not be called an apostle. He is distinctly excluded from this office in 2 Corinthians 1:1; Colossians 1:1; compare Philemon 1:1. In Philippians and Philemon, after the mention of Timothy the plural is dropped. In Colossians it is maintained throughout the thanksgiving only. The title brother is used of Quartus, Romans 16:23; Sosthenes, 1 Corinthians 1:1; Apollos, 1 Corinthians 16:12. [source]
Paul's habit, when using ὁ ἀδελφός brotherwith a proper name, is to put the proper name first. See Romans 16:23; 1 Corinthians 1:1; 1 Corinthians 16:12; 2 Corinthians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 2:13; Philemon 2:25. [source]