1 Corinthians 13:3:161 Cor.13.3.W16TAB
ἀγάπην
agapên
“love”
- Transliteration
- a-GA-pên
- Extended
- ah-GAH-payn
- IPA
- /aˈga.pɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- love
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-GA-pên
- sentence
KAI e-AN psô-MI-sô PAN-ta TA hy-PAR-khon-TA mou KAI e-AN pa-ra-DÔ to SÔ-ma mou HI-na kau-THÊ-so-mai a-GA-pên de mê E-khô ou-DEN ô-phe-LOU-mai
Exegesis
The adversative de in the phrase agapen de me echo {ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω | agá-pēn dè mḕ é-khō} pivots from actions to the essential quality of love, and the result clause ouden opheloumai {οὐδὲν ὠφελοῦμαι | ou-dèn ō-phe-loû-mai} in the present middle/passive indicative delivers the timeless conclusion “I am not benefited at all.” This structure heightens the contrast between even the greatest sacrifices and the indispensable necessity of agapē.
Root and etymology
agapaoalpha–gamma–alpha–pi–alpha–omega
“to love with devoted affection”
In context — 1 Corinthians 13:3
And if I distribute all my possessions to feed others, and if I hand over my body so that I might be burned , but do not have love , I gain nothing.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 13:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Corinthians 13:3, so the Greek word ἀγάπην (agapên) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Cor.13.3.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.13.3.W16.S1) and character.