What Does 2 Corinthians 7:15 Mean in the King James?
And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Here, obedience means hearing that answers, and that response is met with affection that grows.
THE MEANING
Your welcome can be both open and tremblingly serious: receiving another is itself responsive obedience. When that response is remembered, affection toward you grows.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that reverence makes welcome cold: trembling reception and abundant affection occupy the same moment.
THE ROOT
ὑπακοή
hypakoē
GROWS FROM
ἀκούω
akouō
The Greek hearing and listening root; in the family of ὑπακούω (hypakouō), it describes hearing that answers, hence obeying.
The Greek word for obedience belongs to the family of ἀκούω (akouō), “to hear, to listen,” through ὑπακούω (hypakouō), “to listen and obey.” Their welcome is therefore a response that has heard and answered, and that response is what his inward affection remembers.
ALSO GROWS
hypakouō: To listen to, heed, obey.
ὑπακούω
This verb shows obedience as hearing expressed through a response.
parakoē: Disobedience; failure to heed.
παρακοή
The same hearing-root also names a response that fails to listen.
akoē: Hearing; a report or message heard.
ἀκοή
This branch keeps the root’s connection to hearing visible beneath the English word “obedience.”
THE PATTERN
Scripture joins reverent response with wholehearted service and love.
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:THE THREAD
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:This verse uses the same Greek noun, ὑπακοή (hypakoē), “obedience,” and joins it directly to sincere love. That connection opens the movement here: the welcome is remembered as obedience, and obedience stands beside affection.
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