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pneuma G4151

πνεῦμα (pneuma) means “spirit/breath: spirit” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

πνεῦμα Greek · G4151 378 tagged occurrences in 344 verses

Pronunciation guide: pnyoo'-mah Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4151G

πνεῦμα · pneuma · spirit/breath: spirit

πνεῦμα, -τος, τό, [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for רוּחַ ;] 1. of air in motion; (a) wind: Jhn.3:8; pl., Heb.1:7 (LXX); (b) breath: π. ζωῆς, Rev.11:11; π. τοῦ στόματος, figuratively, 2Th.2:8 (cf. Ps 32 (33)6). 2. Of the vital principle, the spirit (Arist., Polyb., al.): Luk.8:55, Jhn.19:30, Act.7:59, al.; opposite to σάρξ, Mat.26:41, Mrk.14:38, 1Co.5:5, al.; to σῶμα, Rom.8:10, 1Co.6:17 7:34, 1Pe.4:6; to ψυχή, Php.1:27, Heb.4:12; τὸ π. καὶ ἡ ψ. καὶ τ. σῶμα, 1Th.5:23 (M, Th., in l.); dative, τῷ π., in spirit, Mrk.2:8 8:12, Jhn.11:33 13:21, Act.18:25, Rom.12:11, 1Co.7:34, 1Pe.3:18, al.; of the human spirit of Christ, Rom.1:4, 1Ti.3:16. 3. spirit, i.e. frame of mind, disposition, influence: Luk.1:17, Rom.8:15, 1Co.4:21, Gal 6:1, Eph.2:2, 2Ti.1:7, 1Jn.4:6, al. 4. An incorporeal being, a spirit: Luk.24:37, 39 Act.23:8; π. ὁ θεός, God is spirit, Jhn.4:24; πατὴρ τῶν π., Heb.12:9; of disembodied human beings, Heb.12:23, 1Pe.3:19 (ICC, in l.; DB, iii, 795); of angels. Heb.1:14; of demons or evil spirits, Mat.8:16, Mrk.9:20, Luk.9:39, al.; π. πύθυωνα, Act.16:16; πνεύματα δαιμονίων, Rev.16:14; π. δαιμονίου ἀκαθάρτου, Luk.4:33; π. ἀσθενείας (Bl., §35, 5), Luk.13:11; π. ἀκάθαρτον, Mat.10:1, Mrk.1:23, Luk.4:36, Act.5:16; π. ἄλαλον (καὶ κωφόν), Mrk.9:17, 25; πονηρόν, Luk.7:21, Act.19:12, al. 5. Of the Holy Spirit, π. ἅγιον, τὸ ἅ. π., τὸ π. τὸ ἅ. τὸ π., π. (the article as a rule being used when the Spirit is regarded as a Person or a Divine Power, and omitted when the reference is to an operation, influence or gift of the Spirit; see WM, 151:5; Bl., §46, 7): anarth., Mat.1:18 3:11, 16 4:1, Mrk.1:8 (Swete, in l.), ib.10, Luk.1:15, Jhn.7:39, Act.19:2, Rom.5:5, 1Co.2:4, al.; with art., Mat.4:1 12:31, 32 Mrk.1:10 3:29, Luk.2:26, Jhn.7:36 14:26, Act.4:31 5:3, Rom.8:16, al.; (τὸ) π. (τοῦ) θεοῦ, Mat.3:16, Rom.8:9, Eph.3:16, 1Jn.4:2, al.; τὸ π. τ. πατρός, Mat.10:20; π. θεοῦ ζῶντος, 2Co.3:3; (τὸ) π. τοῦ κυρίου, Luk.4:18, Act.5:9 8:39; τὸ π. Ἰησοῦ, Act.16:7; Χριστοῦ, Rom.8:9; Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, Php.1:19; τὸ π. τ. ἀληθείας, Jhn.15:26 16:13, 1Jn.4:6; λείγει (μαρτυρεῖ) τὸ π. (τὸ ἅγιον), Act.21:11 28:25, 1Ti.4:1, Heb.3:7 10:15, Rev.14:13; before τ. ἐκκλησίαις, Rev.2:7, 11 17, 29, 3:6, 12, 22; ἐν τ. π., Luk.2:27; κατὰ πνεῦμα, Rom.8:4, 5; ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ π., Jhn.3:5, διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου, Heb.9:14; ἐν ἁγιασμῷ πνεύματος, 2Th.2:13, 1Pe.1:2; ἓν π., 1Co.12:13, Eph.2:18 4:4; ὁ δὲ κύριος τὸ π. ἐστιν, 2Co.3:17; of that which is effected or governed by the Spirit, opposite to γράμμα, Rom.2:29 7:6, 2Co.3:6. SYN.: νοῦς, which in NT is contrasted with π. as "the action of the understanding in man with that of the spiritual or ecstatic impulse" (DB, iv, 612); ψυχή — the usual term in cl. psychology—in NT, "expresses man as apart from God, a separate individual, π. expresses man as drawing his life from God" (DB, 1-vol., 872). (AS)

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TBESG · G4151H

πνεῦμα · pneuma · spirit/breath: breath

πνεῦμα, -τος, τό, [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for רוּחַ ;] 1. of air in motion; (a) wind: Jhn.3:8; pl., Heb.1:7 (LXX); (b) breath: π. ζωῆς, Rev.11:11; π. τοῦ στόματος, figuratively, 2Th.2:8 (cf. Ps 32 (33)6). 2. Of the vital principle, the spirit (Arist., Polyb., al.): Luk.8:55, Jhn.19:30, Act.7:59, al.; opposite to σάρξ, Mat.26:41, Mrk.14:38, 1Co.5:5, al.; to σῶμα, Rom.8:10, 1Co.6:17 7:34, 1Pe.4:6; to ψυχή, Php.1:27, Heb.4:12; τὸ π. καὶ ἡ ψ. καὶ τ. σῶμα, 1Th.5:23 (M, Th., in l.); dative, τῷ π., in spirit, Mrk.2:8 8:12, Jhn.11:33 13:21, Act.18:25, Rom.12:11, 1Co.7:34, 1Pe.3:18, al.; of the human spirit of Christ, Rom.1:4, 1Ti.3:16. 3. spirit, i.e. frame of mind, disposition, influence: Luk.1:17, Rom.8:15, 1Co.4:21, Gal 6:1, Eph.2:2, 2Ti.1:7, 1Jn.4:6, al. 4. An incorporeal being, a spirit: Luk.24:37, 39 Act.23:8; π. ὁ θεός, God is spirit, Jhn.4:24; πατὴρ τῶν π., Heb.12:9; of disembodied human beings, Heb.12:23, 1Pe.3:19 (ICC, in l.; DB, iii, 795); of angels. Heb.1:14; of demons or evil spirits, Mat.8:16, Mrk.9:20, Luk.9:39, al.; π. πύθυωνα, Act.16:16; πνεύματα δαιμονίων, Rev.16:14; π. δαιμονίου ἀκαθάρτου, Luk.4:33; π. ἀσθενείας (Bl., §35, 5), Luk.13:11; π. ἀκάθαρτον, Mat.10:1, Mrk.1:23, Luk.4:36, Act.5:16; π. ἄλαλον (καὶ κωφόν), Mrk.9:17, 25; πονηρόν, Luk.7:21, Act.19:12, al. 5. Of the Holy Spirit, π. ἅγιον, τὸ ἅ. π., τὸ π. τὸ ἅ. τὸ π., π. (the article as a rule being used when the Spirit is regarded as a Person or a Divine Power, and omitted when the reference is to an operation, influence or gift of the Spirit; see WM, 151:5; Bl., §46, 7): anarth., Mat.1:18 3:11, 16 4:1, Mrk.1:8 (Swete, in l.), ib.10, Luk.1:15, Jhn.7:39, Act.19:2, Rom.5:5, 1Co.2:4, al.; with art., Mat.4:1 12:31, 32 Mrk.1:10 3:29, Luk.2:26, Jhn.7:36 14:26, Act.4:31 5:3, Rom.8:16, al.; (τὸ) π. (τοῦ) θεοῦ, Mat.3:16, Rom.8:9, Eph.3:16, 1Jn.4:2, al.; τὸ π. τ. πατρός, Mat.10:20; π. θεοῦ ζῶντος, 2Co.3:3; (τὸ) π. τοῦ κυρίου, Luk.4:18, Act.5:9 8:39; τὸ π. Ἰησοῦ, Act.16:7; Χριστοῦ, Rom.8:9; Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, Php.1:19; τὸ π. τ. ἀληθείας, Jhn.15:26 16:13, 1Jn.4:6; λείγει (μαρτυρεῖ) τὸ π. (τὸ ἅγιον), Act.21:11 28:25, 1Ti.4:1, Heb.3:7 10:15, Rev.14:13; before τ. ἐκκλησίαις, Rev.2:7, 11 17, 29, 3:6, 12, 22; ἐν τ. π., Luk.2:27; κατὰ πνεῦμα, Rom.8:4, 5; ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ π., Jhn.3:5, διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου, Heb.9:14; ἐν ἁγιασμῷ πνεύματος, 2Th.2:13, 1Pe.1:2; ἓν π., 1Co.12:13, Eph.2:18 4:4; ὁ δὲ κύριος τὸ π. ἐστιν, 2Co.3:17; of that which is effected or governed by the Spirit, opposite to γράμμα, Rom.2:29 7:6, 2Co.3:6. SYN.: νοῦς, which in NT is contrasted with π. as "the action of the understanding in man with that of the spiritual or ecstatic impulse" (DB, iv, 612); ψυχή — the usual term in cl. psychology—in NT, "expresses man as apart from God, a separate individual, π. expresses man as drawing his life from God" (DB, 1-vol., 872). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

wind, breath, spirit.

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How translators render G4151

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
spirit 259
the spirit 33
spirits 30
a spirit 11
in spirit 8
by the spirit 6
of the spirit 5
in the spirit 4
with the spirit 3
breath 2
any spirit 1
between spirits 1
by a spirit 1
his spirit 1
of the holy spirit 1
of the spirits 1
spirit that 1
spirit to drink 1
spirit who is 1
spiritual gifts 1
the breath 1
the spirits 1
through the spirit 1
to the spirits 1
who is the spirit 1
wind 1
winds 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the spirit 111
ghost 90
spirit 76
the 33
of the spirit 24
spirits 23
in the spirit 13
in spirit 8
of the 8
a spirit 7
the spirits 5
with the 5
with the spirit 5
by the spirit 3
in 3
an 2
of spirit 2
of spirits 2
the ghost 2
through the spirit 2
a 1
life 1
of 1
of spiritual 1
spiritually 1
that spirit 1
the spirit of 1
to the spirit 1
to the spirits 1
unto the spirits 1
with 1
with a spirit 1

Verses containing G4151

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  1. Acts 19:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”

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  2. Acts 19:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But one day the evil spirit responded, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”

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  3. Acts 19:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.

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  4. Acts 19:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”

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  5. Acts 20:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.

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  6. Acts 20:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.

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  7. Acts 20:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

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  8. Acts 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

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  9. Acts 21:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”

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  10. Acts 23:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection nor angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.

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  11. Acts 23:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

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  12. Acts 28:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:

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  13. Romans 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

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  14. Romans 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

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  15. Romans 2:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.

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  16. Romans 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

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  17. Romans 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

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  18. Romans 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

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  19. Romans 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

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  20. Romans 8:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

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  21. Romans 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,

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  22. Romans 8:9 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

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  23. Romans 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

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  24. Romans 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.

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  25. Romans 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

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  26. Romans 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

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  27. Romans 8:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

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  28. Romans 8:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

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  29. Romans 8:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

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  30. Romans 8:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.

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  31. Romans 8:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

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  32. Romans 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.

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  33. Romans 11:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”

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  34. Romans 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

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  35. 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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  36. Romans 15:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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  37. Romans 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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  38. Romans 15:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

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  39. Romans 15:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.

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  40. 1 Corinthians 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,

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  41. 1 Corinthians 2:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

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  42. 1 Corinthians 2:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

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  43. 1 Corinthians 2:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

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  44. 1 Corinthians 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

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  45. 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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  46. 1 Corinthians 3:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

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  47. 1 Corinthians 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?

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  48. 1 Corinthians 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.

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  49. 1 Corinthians 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus,

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  50. 1 Corinthians 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.

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