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of care”); in Rev. 3:2,
RV
, “were ready” (some texts have the present tense, as in the
KJV
).
Elsewhere, where the
KJV
has the rendering to be ready, the
RV
gives renderings in
accordance with the usual significance as follows: Luke 7:2, “was … at the point of”;
Acts 20:7, “intending”; Rev. 12:4, “about (to).”
2.
(
= 1
, 2090), “make ready”: see
PREPARE
, B, No. 1.
3.
$
(
$
1
, 3903), “to prepare, make ready”: see
PREPARE
, B, No.
4.
Note:
On the difference between No. 2 and No. 3, see
PREPARE
,
Note
(1) under No. 5.
C. Adverb.
(
= &
, 2093) “readily” (akin to A, No. 1), is used with
, “to have,”
lit., “to have readily,” ie, “to be in readiness, to be ready,” Acts 21:13; 2 Cor. 12:14; 1
Pet. 4:5.¶
Notes:
(1) In Heb. 8:13,
KJV
,
$
, “near,” is translated “ready” (
RV
, “nigh”). See
NIGH
. (2) For “ready to distribute,” 1 Tim. 6:18, see
DISTRIBUTE
, B. (3) In 2 Tim. 4:6,
KV,
, “I am being offered,”
RV
, with
, “already,” is translated “I am now
ready to be offered.” See
OFFER
. (4) In 1 Pet. 5:2
$
, “willingly, with alacrity,” is
rendered “of a ready mind.”¶
REAP
(
$&
, 2325), “to reap” (akin to
, “summer, harvest”), is used (a)
literally, Matt. 6:26; 25:24, 26; Luke 12:24; 19:21, 22; Jas. 5:4 (2nd part),
KJV
, “have
reaped”; (b) figuratively or in proverbial expressions, John 4:36 (twice), 37, 38, with
immediate reference to bringing Samaritans into the kingdom of God, in regard to which
the disciples would enjoy the fruits of what Christ Himself had been doing in Samaria;
the Lord’s words are, however, of a general application in respect of such service; in 1
Cor. 9:11, with reference to the right of the apostle and his fellow missionaries to receive
material assistance from the church, a right which he forbore to exercise; in 2 Cor. 9:6
(twice), with reference to rendering material help to the needy, either “sparingly” or
“bountifully,” the “reaping” being proportionate to the sowing; in Gal. 6:7, 8 (twice), of
“reaping” corruption, with special reference, according to the context, to that which is
naturally shortlived transient (though the statement applies to every form of sowing to the
flesh), and of “reaping” eternal life (characteristics and moral qualities being in view), as
a result of sowing “to the Spirit,” the reference probably being to the new nature of the
believer, which is, however, under the controlling power of the Holy Spirit, v. 9, the
“reaping” (the effect of well doing) being accomplished, to a limited extent, in this life,
but in complete fulfillment at and beyond the judgment seat of Christ; diligence or laxity
here will then produce proportionate results; in Rev. 14:15 (twice), 16, figurative of the
discriminating judgment divinely to be fulfilled at the close of this age, when the wheat
will be separated from the tares (see Matt. 13:30).¶
For
REAP DOWN,
Jas. 5:4
, see
MOW
REAPER
(
$ )
, 2327), “a reaper” (akin to
, see above), is used of angels in
Matt. 13:30, 39.¶