{Service} (leitourgias). Old word from le(9373) (people,
laos), leitos like d(886d)osios, public, and ergon, work. So
public service either in worship to God ( Lu 1:23 ) or
benefaction to others ( 2Co 9:12 Php 2:30 ). Our word liturgy is
this word. {Filleth up} (estin prosanapl(8872)ousa). Present active
periphrastic indicative of double compound verb prosanapl(8872)o(935c),
_Koin(825f) word, here and 11:9 only in N.T., to fill up by adding
to. The Corinthians simply added to the total from others. {Unto
God} ( (9369) the(9369)). Dative case and with a certain suddenness as
at close of verse 11 , really a parenthesis between in the
somewhat tangled sentence.
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