Readiness

"eargerness, willingness, readiness" (pro, "forward," thumos, "mind, disposition," akin to prothumos, READY, A, No. 2), is translated "readiness of mind" in Act 17:11, "readiness" in 2Co 8:11; in 2Co 8:12, RV (AV, "a willing mind"); in 2Co 8:19, RV "(our) readiness," AV, "(your) ready mind;" in 2Co 9:2, RV, "readiness" (AV, "forwardness of ... mind;" see FORWARDNESS, Note (4).

an adjective (see READY, A, No. 1), is used with echo, "to have," and en, "in," idiomatically, as a noun in 2Co 10:6, RV, "being in readiness" (AV, "having in readiness"), of the Apostle's aim for the church to be obedient to Christ. Cp. READY, C.