| 9. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with khairemen gar {χαίρομεν γὰρ | khaí-ro-men gar}, where gar links this joy to the prior context. The temporal clause introduced by hotan {ὅταν | hó-tan} takes the subjunctive asthenoomen {ἀσθενοῶμεν | as-the-no-ô-men}, “whenever we are weak,” signaling repeated situations. The explicit nominatives hemeis and hymeis {ἡμεῖς, ὑμεῖς | hē-meîs, hy-meîs} heighten the contrast between apostolic weakness and the readers’ strength. Dynatoi ete {δυνατοί ἦτε | dy-na-toí ê-te} combines a predicate adjective with the subjunctive to express “you may be strong,” forming parallelism with the first clause. The transition touto kai euchometha {τοῦτο καὶ εὐχόμεθα | toû-to kaí eu-khó-me-tha} uses a cataphoric pronoun touto to anticipate the direct object ten humon katartisin {τὴν ὑμῶν κατάρτισιν | tḕn hy-môn ka-tár-ti-sin}, “your restoration,” which is fronted for emphasis and links rejoicing to prayer. |