to affirm
kuroo denotes affirming love toward someone and describing a covenant as established.
The two occurrences show affirmation directed toward a person in 2 Corinthians 2:8 and a covenant described as established in Galatians 3:15.
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Affirming love toward someone · dominant
In 2 Corinthians 2:8, the aorist active infinitive occurs in an appeal concerning love toward him; the APB renders the clause, “Therefore I urge you to affirm your love toward him.”
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Describing a covenant as established · occasional
In Galatians 3:15, the perfect passive participle describes a covenant in the comparison that no one rejects or adds to it; the APB renders the verse, “just as no one rejects or adds to a covenant made by a human.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “affirm” in 2 Corinthians 2:8. In Galatians 3:15 it speaks of a covenant “made by a human”; The term's specific English rendering there is less certain.