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2 Corinthians

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For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
For if sometimes used with a command or as an indirect question, etc.) Conj H1487 εἰ ei
one comes to come, go V-PPM/P-NMS H2064 ἐρχόμενος erchomenos
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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and preaches to be a herald, proclaim V-AIA-1P H2784 κηρύσσει kērussei
another other, another Adj-AMS H243 ἄλλον allon
Jesus Jesus or Joshua, the name of the Messiah, also three other Isr. N-AMS H2424 Ἰησοῦν iēsoun
Analysis:
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whom usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, that RelPro-ANS H3739 ὃν on
we have not preached, to be a herald, proclaim V-AIA-1P H2784 ἐκηρύξαμεν ekēruxamen
or or, than Conj H2228 ἢ ē
you receive to take, receive V-AIA-2P H2983 λαμβάνετε lambanete
a different other Adj-ANS H2087 ἕτερον eteron
spirit wind, spirit N-ANS H4151 πνεῦμα pneuma
which usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, that RelPro-ANS H3739 ὃ o
you have not received, to take, receive V-AIA-2P H2983 ἐλάβετε elabete
or or, than Conj H2228 ἢ ē
a different other Adj-ANS H2087 ἕτερον eteron
gospel good news N-ANS H2098 εὐαγγέλιον euangelion
which usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, that RelPro-ANS H3739 ὃ o
you have not accepted, to receive V-AIM-2P H1209 ἐδέξασθε edexasthe
you bear to hold up, bear with V-PIM/P-2P H430 ἀνέχεσθε anechesthe
[this] beautifully. well Adv H2573 καλῶς kalōs

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Jesus or Joshua, the name of the Messiah, also three other Isr.  

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New American Standard Bible 1995 For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully.
King James Bible For if one comes and preaches he that cometh preacheth another Jesus Jesus, whom we have not preached, or you if ye receive a different spirit another spirit, which you ye have not received, or a different gospel another gospel, which you ye have not accepted, you ye might well bear this beautifully.with him.
Berean Bible For if indeed the one comes and preaches coming proclaims another Jesus whom we have did not preached, proclaim, or you receive a different spirit which whom you have did not received, receive, or a different gospel which you have did not accepted, accept, you bear this beautifully.are bearing with it well.
Hebrew Greek English For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully.