Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #121491

SR GNT 2 Cor 3:1 συστατικῶν (sustatikōn) ‘we are needing as some of commendatory letters to you_all’ Strongs=49560 Lemma=sustatikos^*
Word role=adjective case=genitive gender=feminine number=plural
Year=60 AD

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Only use of identical word form συστατικῶν (A-GFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘συστατικῶν’ (A-GFP) is always and only glossed as ‘of commendatory’.

2 Cor 3:1 ‘we are needing as some of commendatory letters to you_all’ SR GNT 2 Cor 3:1 word 14

OET-LV:  We _are _beginning again ourselves to _be _commending? Or not we _are _needing, as some, of _commendatory letters to you _all or from you _all? (CO2_3:1)

OET-RV:  Oh, are we beginning to pat ourselves on the back again? Don’t we need written references for you all, or from you all, like some others do? (CO2 3:1)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘sustatikos’ in the Greek originals.

Key: A=adjective GFP=genitive,feminine,plural