eimi G1510

εἰμί (eimi) means “to be” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

εἰμί Greek · G1510 2,326 tagged occurrences in 1,988 verses

Pronunciation guide: i-mee' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G1510

εἰμί · eimi · to be

εἰμί, with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be. I. As substantive verb. 1. Of persons and things, to be, exist: Act.17:28, Jhn.1:1, 8:58, 17:5, al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Rev.1:4, 8, 4:8, 11:17, 16:5 (see Swete, Ap., 5; M, Pr., 228); τὰ (μὴ) ὄντα, Rom.4:17, 1Co.1:28. 2. Of times, events, etc., to be, happen, take place: Mat.24:3, Mrk.14:2, 15:42, Luk.21:23, Jhn.4:6, 23, 5:10, al. 3. to be present, be in a place, have come: Mat.2:13, 15, Mrk.1:45, 5:21, 15:40, Luk.1:80, 5:29, Jhn.7:30, al.; before εἰς, Mrk.2:1; before ἐκ, (ἐξ), Mat.1:20, 21:25, Mrk.11:30, Jhn.3:31, al. 4. Impers., ἔστι, ἦν, etc.; (a) there is (Fr. il y a), was, etc.: Mat.16:28, Luk.16:19, Jhn.3:1, 5:2, Rom.3:10, al.; with dative (of the possessor; Bl., §37, 3), Mat.16:22, Luk.1:7, Jhn.18.10, Rom.9:2, al.; ἔστιν ὅς, ὅστις (chiefly in pl), Mat.16:28, 19:2, Mrk.9:1, al.; (b) with inf., = ἔξεστιν (which see), it is possible: Heb.9:5, 1Co.11:20, RV (but see ICC, in l.). II. As copula uniting subject and predicate. 1. Expressing simply identity or equivalence: Mat.5:13, 14:15, Luk.1:18, 19, Jhn.1:1, 4:19, Rev.3:9, al. mult. 2. Explicative, as in parable, figure, type, etc.: Mat.13:19, 1Co.9:2, 10:4, 11:25, Gal.4:24, Rev.17:15, al.; ταῦτ᾽ ἔστιν, Mat.27:46, Mrk.7:2, Rom.7:18 al.; ὅ ἐστιν, Mrk.3:17, Col.1:24, Heb.7:2, al.; akin to this is the sacramental usage: Mat.26:26-28, Mrk.14:22, 24, Luk.22:19, 1Co.11:24 (see ICC on Mk, I Co, ll. with; DB, iii, 148 f.). 3. C. genitive: qual., etc., Mrk.5:42, Luk.3:23, 1Co.14:33, Heb.12:11, al.; part., 1Ti.1:20, 2Ti.1:15; poss., Mat.5:3, 10, Mrk.12:7, Luk.4:7; of service or partisanship, Rom.8:9, 1Co.1:12, 2Co.10:7, 2Ti.2:19. 4. C. dative (BL, §37, 3): Act.1:8, 9:15, Rom.4:12, 1Co.1:18, 2:14, Rev.21:7, al. 5. C. ptcp., as a periphrasis for the simple verb (Bl., §62, 1, 2; M, Pr., 225 ff.); (a) with ptcp. pf. (cl.): Mat.10:30, Luk.9:32, Jhn.3:24, Act.21:35, 1Co.15:19, al; (b) with ptcp. pr. (esp. in impf., as in Heb. and Aram.; Dalman, Words, 35 f.), Mat.7:29, Mrk.1:22, Luk.4:31, 14:1, Act.1:10, al. mult., id. for imper. (M, Pr., 180f., 182f.), with ellipsis of εἰμί, Rom.12:9, 10, Heb.13:5, al.; (with) with ptcp. aor. (cl), Luk.23:9. 6. Seq. εἰς (cf. Heb. הָיָה לְ), a vernac. usage (M, Pr., 71): Mat.19:5, Mrk.10:8, Heb.8:10, al. 7. C. adv.: Mat.19:20, Mrk.4:26, Luk.18:11, al. 8. Ellipses; (a) of the copula (Bl., §30, 3): Mat.8:29, 24:32, Jhn.21:22, 23, Heb.6:4, al.; (b) of the predicate: ἐγώ εἰμί, Mat.14:27, Mrk.6:50, al.; absol. (cf. Deu.32:39; אֲנִי הוּא), Mrk.13:6, Jhn.4:26, al. (cf. ἄπ-, ἔν-, πάρ-, συμ-πάρ-, σύν-ειμι). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I am, exist.

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How translators render G1510

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
is	501
are	207
was	166
it is	75
am	73
will be	71
were	63
vvv	59
you are	50
i am	47
there is	47
he is	40
he was	33
to be	33
they are	31
it was	30
we are	24
be	22
there was	21
are you	18
they were	18
there are	17
there were	17
you will be	16
may be	13
had been	12
i was	12
there will be	12
you were	12
had	10
will	10
am he	9
have	8
it will be	8
would be	8
as	7
means	7
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arent	6
belongs	6
isnt	6
must be	6
we were	6
who was	6
will it be	6
you have been	6
he	5
jesus was	5
she is	5
come	4
comes	4
happen	4
has	4
i will be	4
is it	4
they will be	4
this is	4
who are	4
will become	4
you	4
am i	3
and	3
are like	3
belongs to	3
can he be	3
does	3
he will be	3
is a call for	3
is he	3
is that	3
let him be	3
must i remain	3
she was	3
that is	3
they	3
they may be	3
you may be	3
and is	2
and to be	2
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are from	2
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belonging	2
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exist	2
existed	2
follow	2
god is	2
has been	2
have been	2
he is from	2
he stayed	2
i do	2
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is from	2
is the one	2
it means	2
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it were	2
it will not be	2
it would be	2
leads to	2
represent	2
some who are	2
there	2
there may be	2
these are	2
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to	2
was it	2
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we	2
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when he is	2
when we were	2
which is here	2
while i was	2
who had suffered	2
who is	2
will come	2
will she be	2
will there be	2
would	2
you had been	2
accompany	1
although he is	1
although they are	1
am the one	1
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and absorbed	1
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and may be	1
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and who himself was	1
appear	1
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are to be	1
are we	1
as they	1
as well as	1
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became	1
because he was going there	1
become	1
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been	1
belonged	1
belonged to	1
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came about	1
can this be	1
care very little	1
christ is	1
consisting	1
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contains	1
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could have been attained	1
could this be	1
crowded	1
did not come	1
do	1
do not be	1
does not show	1
during	1
even though he did not yet have	1
even though he was	1
everything is	1
exists	1
for	1
form	1
frequently	1
go	1
god was	1
had already become	1
had yet	1
had yet been	1
has done	1
have come	1
have our being	1
he began	1
he can	1
he continued	1
he exists	1
he had	1
he had been	1
he had removed it	1
he has been	1
he just looks	1
he lived	1
he may be	1
he must be	1
he remains	1
he stood	1
he too is	1
he was already	1
he were	1
he would not be	1
herod was	1
himself	1
i am from	1
i am present	1
i have	1
i have been	1
i live	1
i was staying	1
i will	1
i will no longer be	1
i would be	1
if they are	1
into being	1
into the	1
is going to	1
is still	1
is the essence of	1
is the meaning	1
it has already been	1
it meant	1
it must be	1
it read	1
it was from	1
it was now	1
it will all be	1
it will be done	1
it will happen	1
it will happen that	1
it would have been	1
its	1
jesus	1
kept	1
let	1
let it be	1
let there be	1
let this be	1
levi was	1
lived	1
may have	1
mean	1
meaning	1
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meant	1
might be	1
now i am	1
now there were	1
of them were	1
of us	1
of you	1
one	1
our	1
paul and silas were	1
paul was	1
people were	1
perish	1
regard him	1
rely on	1
remain	1
saul stayed	1
shall be	1
shall be made	1
shall i do	1
shall we say	1
she can be	1
she is to remain	1
should be	1
should live	1
should we do	1
sided	1
since there are already	1
since they are	1
since you are	1
standing	1
stands for	1
stay	1
stood	1
surely	1
surely not	1
sweep	1
that dwells	1
the authorities are	1
the believers gathered together	1
the holy spirit had	1
the man had been	1
the meaning	1
the meaning of	1
their	1
then let this be	1
there should be	1
there will be more	1
these things are	1
they continued	1
they did not belong	1
they exist	1
they had all been	1
they had been	1
they had belonged	1
they remain	1
they shared	1
they will all be	1
they will not be	1
this	1
this gospel is	1
this happened	1
this man is	1
this matter involved	1
this means	1
this point is	1
those present	1
though	1
though he was	1
though i am	1
though you once were	1
throughout	1
to be known	1
to bring	1
to find	1
to go	1
to remain	1
was about to happen	1
was it after	1
was posted	1
was present	1
was using	1
we are all	1
we do not belong	1
we had lived	1
we have	1
we lived	1
we who are	1
we will	1
we will certainly also be united with him	1
we would not	1
we would not have been	1
were often	1
were present	1
were together	1
what he looks like	1
when there is	1
which is	1
while he was	1
while he was still	1
while it was	1
while she was still	1
while we are	1
who belonged to	1
who belongs to	1
who live	1
who were	1
whose temple was	1
will appear	1
will be a sign	1
will correspond to	1
will get	1
will have	1
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will not experience	1
will own	1
with	1
would not rest	1
would share	1
you are still	1
you bear	1
you do	1
you do not experience	1
you have	1
you may	1
you may have	1
you really are	1
you so occupy	1
you too are	1
you will	1
you will just be	1
you will not be	1
you yourselves are	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
is	570
was	190
are	188
am	84
be	82
it is	82
shall be	70
were	70
art	47
he was	45
i am	43
there is	42
he is	38
being	37
to be	36
it was	35
ye are	32
there was	30
they were	28
they are	27
we are	26
thou art	23
shall	19
there are	19
there be	18
is it	16
there shall be	16
there were	15
are they	14
may be	13
are ye	12
is he	12
have	11
had	10
i was	10
it be	9
should be	9
which is	9
ye were	9
it shall be	8
that is	8
ye shall be	7
am i	6
art thou	6
he	6
is to say	6
might be	6
thou be	6
we were	6
when	6
he be	5
is there	5
let him be	5
shall it be	5
they	5
which are	5
i will be	4
it had been	4
it shall come to pass	4
let	4
she is	4
should	4
that were	4
there should be	4
they be	4
thou shalt be	4
when he was	4
which were	4
ye be	4
are we	3
he had	3
he were	3
shall i be	3
shall there be	3
stood	3
that are	3
that was	3
they had been	3
they may be	3
wast	3
we	3
we shall be	3
which was	3
will	3
ye may be	3
agree	2
be it	2
did	2
had been	2
have been	2
he had been	2
he shall be	2
i	2
i shall be	2
it were	2
meaneth	2
meant	2
shall have	2
shall she be	2
should mean	2
that	2
that be	2
they had	2
they shall be	2
they that are	2
thou hadst been	2
thou hast been	2
thou shalt	2
was it	2
we have	2
when he is	2
when we were	2
which	2
which art	2
which had	2
who are	2
who is	2
will be	2
ye have	2
a fool	1
against	1
agree with	1
agreed	1
and had	1
and is	1
and was	1
are there	1
art also	1
be it so	1
be thou	1
belongeth	1
bringeth	1
bringeth forth fruit	1
but dung	1
but loss	1
came	1
cannot be tempted	1
come	1
cometh	1
consisteth	1
continued	1
continued all night	1
descendeth	1
diligent	1
drew near	1
dureth	1
endure	1
followed	1
for	1
for all there were	1
forasmuch as	1
give thyself wholly	1
hast	1
hast been	1
have i been	1
have our being	1
have thou	1
having	1
he belonged	1
he hath been	1
he may be	1
he might be	1
he preached	1
he sat	1
he shall have	1
he should	1
he taught	1
he that is	1
he withdrew	1
himself to be	1
i be	1
i shall	1
i should	1
if	1
imprisoned	1
in	1
it	1
it becometh	1
it pleased	1
it remaineth	1
it shall	1
it should be	1
joined hard to	1
just men	1
knowing	1
let it	1
make	1
may	1
may have	1
men	1
might	1
mighty	1
now i am	1
of	1
of daily	1
one	1
ought	1
owneth	1
perish	1
sat down	1
seeing	1
seeing that there are	1
seeing ye	1
shall be made	1
shall it	1
shall we	1
shalt	1
shalt be	1
shalt have	1
shalt thou be	1
she may be	1
she pass	1
she was	1
should have been	1
shouldest be	1
soweth	1
stand	1
taught	1
that he is	1
that he was	1
that there are	1
that there is	1
that there was	1
that they are	1
that they do good	1
the christ	1
the shepherd	1
them that are	1
there	1
they continued stedfastly	1
they looked stedfastly	1
they should be	1
they that were	1
thing is	1
this is	1
those things which be	1
thou mayest	1
thou wast	1
thou wert	1
though he was	1
though i be	1
though they were	1
to be known	1
to be made	1
to have been	1
to them who are	1
us was	1
used	1
was come	1
watched	1
we be	1
we cannot	1
we had been	1
we may be	1
we should	1
we that are	1
we would	1
went	1
went before	1
were it	1
what would follow	1
when i was	1
when it was	1
when there is	1
when thou wast	1
whereas i was	1
which am	1
which though	1
while	1
while i was	1
while she was	1
who was	1
who were	1
will come	1
ye	1
ye belong	1
ye have been	1
ye know	1
you	1

Verses containing G1510

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Romans 8:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.
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Romans 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
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Romans 9:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
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Romans 9:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.
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Romans 9:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
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Romans 9:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.
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Romans 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”
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Romans 9:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
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Romans 9:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
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Romans 9:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
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Romans 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down)
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Romans 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”
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Romans 10:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:
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Romans 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
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Romans 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
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Romans 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
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Romans 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,
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Romans 11:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
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Romans 11:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
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Romans 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
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Romans 12:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
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Romans 13:1 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
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Romans 13:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.
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Romans 13:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
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Romans 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
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Romans 14:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
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Romans 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
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Romans 14:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
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Romans 14:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.
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Romans 15:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”
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Romans 15:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
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Romans 15:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.
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Romans 16:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.
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Romans 16:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my beloved Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.
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Romans 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.
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Romans 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Greet Herodion, my fellow countryman. Greet those from the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.
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1 Corinthians 1:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.
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1 Corinthians 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.
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1 Corinthians 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
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1 Corinthians 1:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
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1 Corinthians 1:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
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1 Corinthians 1:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
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1 Corinthians 1:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
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1 Corinthians 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.
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1 Corinthians 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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1 Corinthians 3:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
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1 Corinthians 3:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
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1 Corinthians 3:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
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1 Corinthians 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
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1 Corinthians 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
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