2 Corinthians 8:20

στελλόμενοι τοῦτο μή τις ἡμᾶς μωμήσηται ἐν τῇ ἁδρότητι ταύτῃ τῇ διακονουμένῃ ὑφ' ἡμῶν·
Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
στελλόμενοι
G4724 V-PMP-NPM
stellō
properly, to set fast (___%___stall___%___), i.e., (figuratively) to repress (reflexively, abstain from associating with)
  • to set, place, set in order, arrange
    • to fit out, to prepare, equip
      • "to prepare one's self, to fit out for one's self"to fit out for one's own use"to prepare one's self, to fit out for one's self"to fit out for one's own use
      • arranging, providing for this, etc.
    to bring together, contract, shorten
    • to diminish, check, cause to cease
      • "to cease to exist"to remove one's self, withdraw one's self, to depart"to abstain from familiar intercourse with one
τοῦτο
G5124
touto
that thing
  • that (thing), this (thing)
μή
G3361 PRT-N
mē
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
  • no, not lest
τις
G5100 X-NSM
tis
some or any person or object
  • a certain, a certain one
    • "some, some time, a while
ἡμᾶς
G2248
hēmas
us
  • us, we, our etc.
μωμήσηται
G3469 V-ADS-3S
mōmaomai
to carp at, i.e., censure (discredit)
  • to blame, find fault with, mock at
ἐν
G1722 PREP
en
___%___in,___%___ at, (up-)on, by, etc
  • in, by, with
τῇ
G3588 T-DSF
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ἁδρότητι
G100 N-DSF
hadrotēs
plumpness, i.e., (figuratively) liberality
  • bountiful collection, great abundance
    • "thickness, ripeness, fullness, especially of the body
ταύτῃ
G3778 D-DSF
houtos
the he (she or it), i.e., this or that (often with article repeated)
  • this
τῇ
G3588 T-DSF
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
διακονουμένῃ
G1247 V-PPP-DSF
diakoneō
to be an attendant, i.e., wait upon (menially or as a host, friend, or (figuratively) teacher); technically, to act as a Christian deacon
  • to be a servant, attendant, domestic, to serve, wait upon
    • to minister to one, render ministering offices to
      • to be served, ministered unto
      to wait at a table and offer food and drink to the guests,
      • of women preparing food
      to minister i.e., supply food and necessities of life
      • to relieve one's necessities (e.g., by collecting alms), to provide take care of, distribute, the things necessaryr to sustain life
        • "to take care of the poor and the sick, who administer the office of a deacon"in Christian churches to serve as deacons
      to minister
      • to attend to anything, that may serve another's interests
        • "to minister a thing to one, to serve one or by supplying any thing
ὑφ'
G5259
hypo
under, i.e., (with the genitive case) of place (beneath), or with verbs (the agency or means, through); (with the accusative case) of place (whither (underneath) or where (below) or time (when (at))
  • by, under
ἡμῶν·
G2257
hēmōn
of (or from) us
  • our, we, us

στελλόμενοι τοῦτο μή τις ἡμᾶς μωμήσηται ἐν τῇ ἁδρότητι ταύτῃ τῇ διακονουμένῃ ὑφ' ἡμῶν·
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Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:
Cross References

1 Thessalonians 5:22

ἀπὸ παντὸς εἴδους πονηροῦ ἀπέχεσθε
22
Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Romans 14:16

μὴ βλασφημείσθω οὖν ὑμῶν τὸ ἀγαθόν
16
Let not be spoken of: then your good evil

Ephesians 5:15

Βλέπετε οὖν πῶς ἀκριβῶς περιπατεῖτε μὴ ὡς ἄσοφοι ἀλλ' ὡς σοφοί
15
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

2 Corinthians 11:12

Ὃ δὲ ποιῶ καὶ ποιήσω ἵνα ἐκκόψω τὴν ἀφορμὴν τῶν θελόντων ἀφορμήν ἵνα ἐν ᾧ καυχῶνται εὑρεθῶσιν καθὼς καὶ ἡμεῖς
12
But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.

1 Corinthians 16:3

ὅταν δὲ παραγένωμαι οὓς ἐὰν δοκιμάσητε δι' ἐπιστολῶν τούτους πέμψω ἀπενεγκεῖν τὴν χάριν ὑμῶν εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ·
3
And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.

Matthew 10:16

Ἰδού ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς ὡς πρόβατα ἐν μέσῳ λύκων· γίνεσθε οὖν φρόνιμοι ὡς οἱ ὄφεις καὶ ἀκέραιοι ὡς αἱ περιστεραί
16
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
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