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
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to be	33
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it was	30
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be	22
there was	21
are you	18
they were	18
there are	17
there were	17
you will be	16
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i was	12
there will be	12
you were	12
had	10
will	10
am he	9
have	8
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as	7
means	7
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arent	6
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isnt	6
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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
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will become	4
you	4
am i	3
and	3
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does	3
he will be	3
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she was	3
that is	3
they	3
they may be	3
you may be	3
and is	2
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belonging	2
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exist	2
existed	2
follow	2
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have been	2
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he stayed	2
i do	2
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is the one	2
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it were	2
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it would be	2
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there	2
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to	2
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we	2
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which is here	2
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who had suffered	2
who is	2
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will she be	2
will there be	2
would	2
you had been	2
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and absorbed	1
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appear	1
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been	1
belonged	1
belonged to	1
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came about	1
can this be	1
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consisting	1
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contains	1
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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
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exists	1
for	1
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go	1
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have come	1
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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
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i would be	1
if they are	1
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into the	1
is going to	1
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is the meaning	1
it has already been	1
it meant	1
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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
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its	1
jesus	1
kept	1
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let there be	1
let this be	1
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lived	1
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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
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sided	1
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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
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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
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though i am	1
though you once were	1
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to bring	1
to find	1
to go	1
to remain	1
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was using	1
we are all	1
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we had lived	1
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we who are	1
we will	1
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were often	1
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were together	1
what he looks like	1
when there is	1
which is	1
while he was	1
while he was still	1
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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
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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
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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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1 Corinthians 16:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was not at all inclined to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.
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1 Corinthians 16:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You know that Stephanas and his household were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brothers,
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1 Corinthians 16:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
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2 Corinthians 1:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
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2 Corinthians 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.
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2 Corinthians 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
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2 Corinthians 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
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2 Corinthians 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
as you have already understood us in part, that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.
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2 Corinthians 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” and also “No, no”?
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2 Corinthians 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
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2 Corinthians 1:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.
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2 Corinthians 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be grieved by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.
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2 Corinthians 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
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2 Corinthians 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
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2 Corinthians 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
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2 Corinthians 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
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2 Corinthians 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
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2 Corinthians 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
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2 Corinthians 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?
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2 Corinthians 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
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2 Corinthians 4:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
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2 Corinthians 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
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2 Corinthians 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
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2 Corinthians 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.
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2 Corinthians 5:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
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2 Corinthians 6:16 · BSB · 3 occurrences
What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
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2 Corinthians 6:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
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2 Corinthians 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.
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2 Corinthians 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And his affection for you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.
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2 Corinthians 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
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2 Corinthians 8:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And we are sending along with them our brother who has proven his earnestness to us many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.
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2 Corinthians 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.
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2 Corinthians 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.
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2 Corinthians 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.
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2 Corinthians 10:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.
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2 Corinthians 10:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
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2 Corinthians 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
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2 Corinthians 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.
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2 Corinthians 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For you gladly put up with fools, since you are so wise.
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2 Corinthians 11:22 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
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2 Corinthians 11:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
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2 Corinthians 11:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
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2 Corinthians 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,
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2 Corinthians 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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2 Corinthians 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
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2 Corinthians 12:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
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2 Corinthians 12:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.
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2 Corinthians 13:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you fail the test?
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2 Corinthians 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I hope you will realize that we have not failed the test.
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2 Corinthians 13:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not that we will appear to have stood the test, but that you will do what is right, even if we appear to have failed.
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