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Ourselves
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
* Notes: (1) This translates (a) autoi, the plural of autos, "self," used emphatically either alone, e.g., John 4:42; Romans 8:23 (1st part); 2 Corinthians 1:4 (last part); 1:9, RV, "we ourselves" (1st part); or joined with the plural pronouns, e.g., hemeis, "we," Romans 8:23 (2nd part); (b) the plural hemeis alone, e.g., Titus 3:3; in 2 Corinthians 4:7 , RV, ex hemon, is translated "from ourselves" (AV, "of us"); (c) heauton, governed by the preposition apo, "from," e.g., 2 Corinthians 3:5 (1st part), lit., "from ourselves" ("of ourselves," in the text); (d) heautis, the dative case of (c), e.g., Romans 15:1; governed by en, "in," 2 Corinthians 1:9 (1st part); by epi, "on" (2nd part). (e) heautous, the accusative case, e.g., Acts 23:14; 2 Corinthians 3:1; 4:2,5 . (2) In Acts 6:4 , AV, proskartereo, "to continue steadfastly" (RV), is translated "give ourselves continually." (3) In 2 Corinthians 10:12 , AV, enkrino, "to number" (RV), is translated "to make ourselves of the number." Copyright Statement
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Ourselves'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​o/ourselves.html. 1940.