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Christ finds its expression in “our” manifestation of it to others. (3) In Luke 17:5,
“increase our faith” is, lit., “add faith to us.” (4) In Luke 24:22, “of our company” is, lit.,
“from among us.” (S)
B
, a possessive pronoun, more emphatic than
, is
used in Luke 16:12, in the best mss. (some have
$
, “your own”); Acts 2:11;
24:6, in some mss.; 26:5; 2 Tim. 4:15; Titus 3:14, “ours”; 1 John 1:3; 2:2, “ours.” (6) In
Luke 23:41, “of our deeds,” is, lit., “of what things we practiced.” (7) In 1 Cor. 9:10, “for
our sake,”
RV
(twice), is, lit., “on account of us.”
OUR OWN
1.
$
(
=
, 1438) is sometimes used as a reflexive pronoun of the 1st person
plural, signifying “our own selves,” translated “our own” in 1 Thess. 2:8, lit., “(the souls)
of ourselves.”
2.
(
5
, 2398), “one’s own,” signifies “our own” in Acts 3:12; 1 Cor. 4:12; in
Acts 2:8, with
, forming a strong possessive, lit., “each in his own language of us.”
OURSELVES
Notes:
(1) This translates (a)
$
, the plural of
$
, “self,” used emphatically
either alone, e.g., John 4:42; Rom. 8:23 (1st part); 2 Cor. 1:4 (last part); 1:9,
RV
, “we
ourselves” (1st part); or joined with the plural pronouns, e.g.,
, “we,” Rom. 8:23
(2nd part); (b) the plural
alone, e.g., Titus 3:3; in 2 Cor. 4:7,
RV
,
@
, is
translated “from ourselves” (
KJV
, “of us”); (c)
$
, governed by the preposition
,
“from,” e.g., 2 Cor. 3:5 (1st part), lit., “from ourselves” (“of ourselves,” in the text); (d)
$
, the dative case of (c), e.g., Rom. 15:1; governed by , “in,” 2 Cor. 1:9 (1st
part); by , “on” (2nd part). (e)
$ $
, the accusative case, e.g., Acts 23:14; 2 Cor.
3:1; 4:2, 5. (2) In Acts 6:4,
KJV
,
, “to continue steadfastly” (
RV
), is translated
“give ourselves continually.” (3) In 2 Cor. 10:12,
KJV
,
, “to number” (
RV
), is
translated “to make ourselves of the number.”
OUT, OUT OF
Notes:
(1) The preposition (or
@
), which frequently signifies “out of” or “from the
midst of,” has a variety of meanings, among which is “from,” as virtually equivalent to
, “away from,” e.g., 2 Cor. 1:10, “who delivered us out of so great a death, and will
deliver”; since death was not actually experienced, but was impending, here does not
signify “out of the midst of” In Acts 12:7 it is used in the statement “his chains fell off
from his hands.” In Matt. 17:9 it is used of descending from a mountain, not “out of”;
“we are not to suppose that they had been in a cave” (Dr. A. T. Robertson,
5 !
7
5
:
). In 1 Thess. 1:10, “even Jesus, which delivereth us from the wrath to come,”
RV
, the question whether here means “out of the midst of” or “away from,” is to be
determined by some statement of Scripture where the subject is specifically mentioned;
this is provided, e.g., in 5:9, the context of which makes clear that believers are to be
delivered from (not “out of”) the divine wrath to be executed on the nations at the end of