poieō G4160

ποιέω (poieō) means “to do/make: do” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ποιέω Greek · G4160 569 tagged occurrences in 515 verses

Pronunciation guide: poy-eh'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4160G

ποιέω · poieō · to do/make: do

ποιέω, -ῶ, [in LXX for a great variety of words, but chiefly for עשׂה ;] 1. to make, produce, create, cause: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.17:4, Mrk.9:5, Jhn.9:11, Act.9:39, Rom.9:20, al.; of God as Creator (with accusative of person(s) also), Mat.19:4, Mrk.10:6, Luk.11:40, Act.4:24, Heb.1:2, al.; like Heb. עשׂה, absol. = ἐργάζομαι, to work, Mat.20:12 (cf. Rut.2:19; so AV, but see infr.), Rev.13:5, R, mg. (but see infr.); σκάνδαλα, Rom.16:17; εἰρεήνην, Eph.2:15, Jas.3:18; ἐπίστασιν, Act.24:12; συστροφήν, Act.23:12; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Luk.1:68, Act.15:3; with nouns expressing action or its accomplishment, forming a periphr. for the cogn. verb: ὁδόν π. (cl. ὁ ποιεῖσθαι), to go on, advance, Mrk.2:23; πόλεμον, Rev.11:7, al.; ἐκδίκησιν, Luk.18:7, 8; ἐνέδραν, Act.25:3; κρίσιν, Jhn.5:27, Ju 15; ἔργα, Jhn.5:36, al.; (σημεῖα), Jhn.2:23 and freq., Act.2:22, al.; so also mid. ποιεῖσθαι: μονήν, Jhn.14:23; πορείαν, Luk.13:22; κοινωνίαν, Rom.15:26; of food, to make ready, prepare: δεῖπνον, Mrk.6:21, al.; δοχήν, Luk.5:29 14:13; γάμους, Mat.22:2; of time, to spend (cl.): ὥραν, Mat.20:12, RV (but see supr. and cf. McN, in l.); μῆνας, Rev.13:5, R, txt. (cf. Swete, in l.; but see supr.); ἐνιαυτόν, Jas.4:13; with accusative before ἐκ, Jhn.2:15, al.; with accusative and accusative pred., Mat.3:3 12:16, Mrk.1:3 3:12, Jhn.5:11, al.; with adv., καλῶς, Mrk.7:37; ἑορτὴν π. (Dem., Exo.23:16, al.), Act.18:21, Rec.; πάσχα, Mat.26:18; to make or offer a sacrifice (Plat., Xen., al.; Job.42:8, 3Ki.11:33; so some understand τοῦτο ποιεῖτε, Luk.22:19, but see Abbott, Essays, 110ff.); before ἵνα (WM, 422f.; M, Pr., 228), Jhn.11:37, Col.4:16, Rev.3:9. 2. to do, perform, carry out, execute: absol., with adv., καλῶς π., Mat.12:12, 1Co.7:37, 38 Jas.2:19; id. before ptcp. (cl.; see M, Pr., 228), Act.10:33, Php.4:14, 2Pe.1:19, 3Jo.6; οὕτως, Mat.24:46, Luk.9:15, al.; ὡς (καθώς), Mat.1:24 2:16, al.; ὁμοίως, Luk.3:11; ὡσαύτως, Mat.20:5; with ptcp., ἀγνοῶν ἐποίησα, 1Ti.1:13; with accusative of thing(s): τί interrog., Mat.12:3, Mrk.2:25, Luk.6:2, al.; τοῦτο, Mat.13:28, Mrk.5:32, Luk.22:19 (WH om.; see supr., ref. to Abbott, Essays), Rom.7:20, al.; with nouns expressing command or regulation: τ. νόμον (not as in cl., to make a law), Jhn.7:19, Gal.5:3 (cf. in LXX, Jos.22:5, 1Ch.22:12, al.); τ. ἐντολάς, Mat.5:19; similarly with other nouns expressing conduct: τ. δικαιοσύνην, Mat.6:1, al.; τ. ἀλήθειαν, Jhn.3:21, al., etc.; with dupl. accusative, Mat.27:22, Mrk.15:12; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s) (commod., incomm.; rare in cl.), Mat.7:12, Mrk.5:19, 20 Luk.1:49, Jhn.9:26, al. SYN.: πράσσω, which see The general distinction between the two words is that between particular action and its habitual performance (cf. Tr., Syn., §xcvi; Westc. on Jhn.3:21; ICC on Rom.1:32). (AS)

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TBESG · G4160H

ποιέω · poieō · to do/make: make

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TBESG · G4160I

ποιέω · poieō · to do/make: appoint

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TBESG · G4160J

ποιέω · poieō · to do/make: spend(TIME)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.

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How translators render G4160

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
do	48
to do	23
make	15
does	14
vvv	14
did	13
had done	11
made	10
practices	9
are you doing	7
i am doing	7
to make	7
you do	7
has done	6
perform	6
has made	5
i do	5
i will make	4
me to do	4
must i do	4
performed	4
practice	4
you are doing	4
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bears	3
doing	3
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had performed	3
have done	3
he did	3
he has done	3
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i did	3
i will do	3
produce	3
shall i do	3
should we do	3
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and did	2
are you	2
god made	2
has he done	2
have made	2
have you done	2
he appointed	2
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he was doing	2
he will do	2
him doing	2
i ever did	2
is doing	2
jesus was doing	2
keep	2
let us put up	2
making	2
practiced	2
prepared	2
shall we do	2
should do	2
that does not produce	2
they did	2
to carry out	2
to execute	2
to perform	2
treated	2
will carry out	2
will do it	2
you did	2
you did not do	2
you have done	2
you have made	2
you host	2
you make	2
you will do	2
act	1
act on them	1
acts	1
after spending	1
after you have done	1
allow them	1
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although i made	1
always	1
and indulging	1
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and performed	1
and produced	1
and to do	1
and unite them	1
and you will do	1
appointed	1
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are making	1
are they doing	1
are to do	1
are we to do	1
as he made	1
as they walked along	1
be offered	1
be put	1
bearing	1
because they were preparing	1
bore	1
bring about	1
bringing	1
brings	1
by so doing	1
can commit	1
carry it out	1
cause	1
caused	1
causing	1
committed	1
continue to do	1
continue to practice	1
create	1
created things	1
declares	1
devised	1
did he do	1
did you make	1
do you claim to be	1
does not act on	1
does not practice	1
done	1
follow	1
for me	1
for you	1
forcing them	1
formed	1
give to the needy	1
gives	1
grow	1
had committed	1
has not been merciful	1
has sinned	1
have	1
have kept	1
he accomplished	1
he declared	1
he did not do	1
he did so	1
he does	1
he gave generously	1
he had acted	1
he had provided	1
he had turned	1
he has performed	1
he kept	1
he makes	1
he performed	1
he sacrificed for sin	1
he stayed	1
he was performing	1
he will also provide	1
he will promptly carry out	1
held	1
him perform	1
hosted	1
i am doing them	1
i am not doing	1
i consider	1
i do not do	1
i had acted	1
i had not done	1
i have done	1
i made	1
i make	1
i spent	1
i will keep	1
i will keep on doing	1
i will put up	1
i wrote	1
if you practice	1
in so doing	1
involved	1
is performing	1
it bears	1
it was constructed	1
jesus did	1
jesus had performed	1
keeps	1
let him do	1
let us do	1
make sure	1
make yourself out to be	1
makes	1
men do	1
must we do	1
paul had spent	1
performing	1
performs	1
peter did	1
produces a crop	1
provide	1
puts forth	1
refuses to practice	1
remembering	1
remembering you	1
riling up	1
she continued	1
she has done	1
she has prepared	1
should i do	1
should i do with	1
showing	1
spend	1
sweep	1
that does not bear	1
that perform	1
the men began	1
the second beast performed	1
the second beast required	1
the tenants did	1
the work	1
them do	1
then do	1
they are doing	1
they carried out	1
they do not practice	1
they had made	1
they have done	1
they hosted	1
they might do	1
they will do	1
they will put	1
they will treat	1
this beast exercised	1
those who do	1
thus making	1
to	1
to act	1
to become	1
to bring	1
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to give	1
to obey	1
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to win	1
turn	1
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we have only done	1
we make him out to be	1
we will do	1
were	1
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who showed	1
who will produce	1
will also do	1
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will he do	1
will he perform	1
will leave	1
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will treat	1
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will you do	1
worked	1
you are	1
you are about to do	1
you are already doing	1
you do not do	1
you give to the needy	1
you made	1
you to do	1
you to pray	1
you would do	1
your authority to do	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
do	78
did	28
make	22
to do	22
doeth	21
made	17
he did	12
i do	12
ye do	11
done	9
had done	9
shall i do	9
hath done	7
to make	7
doing	6
making	6
do ye	5
hath made	5
he doeth	5
shall we do	5
thou doest	5
bring forth	4
doest	4
forth	4
he that doeth	4
maketh	4
shall do	4
should do	4
ye	4
bringeth forth	3
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i will make	3
let us make	3
shall	3
that i shall do	3
they did	3
they do	3
they had done	3
will do	3
and did	2
cause	2
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doth	2
had wrought	2
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hath he done	2
have	2
he had done	2
he hath done	2
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i have done	2
i make	2
let him do	2
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shall he do	2
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she did	2
that	2
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thou makest	2
to execute	2
to have done	2
to perform	2
which bringeth	2
will	2
will i do	2
will they do	2
working	2
ye did	2
ye have done	2
abode	1
after he had spent	1
after that he had shewed	1
after they had tarried	1
after ye have done	1
and bare	1
and make	1
any delay	1
avenged	1
banded	1
be made	1
bear	1
blessed	1
both yield	1
bringing forth	1
brought forth	1
commit	1
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continue	1
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do they	1
do we	1
for to do	1
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gave	1
had committed	1
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hast	1
hast thou	1
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hast thou made	1
hath gained	1
have caused	1
have committed	1
have i made	1
have wrought	1
he	1
he causeth	1
he exerciseth	1
he had	1
he hath made him	1
he hath shewed	1
he have committed	1
he kept	1
he might cause	1
he ordained	1
he purposed	1
he that committeth	1
he that hath done	1
he that shewed	1
he which made	1
he will	1
held	1
her that had done	1
him that made	1
i	1
i committed	1
i had	1
i have been	1
i have made	1
i made	1
i should do	1
i will keep	1
if ye do	1
in doing	1
journeying	1
keep	1
keepeth	1
laying	1
may be able	1
mean ye	1
move me	1
of things that are made	1
provide	1
raising up	1
shall fulfil	1
shall they do	1
shewest	1
shooteth out	1
should do to	1
so that they	1
that bringeth	1
that do	1
that hath shewed	1
that he should make	1
that made	1
that make	1
that they should make	1
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the doing	1
thee	1
them that do	1
them which cause	1
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they should	1
they that have done	1
thou hast made	1
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thou shouldest do	1
though	1
to agree	1
to bring	1
to content	1
to continue	1
to fulfil	1
to him that appointed	1
to observe	1
to pluck	1
to put	1
took	1
transgresseth	1
we had made	1
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when	1
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will he do	1
will i make	1
will we do	1
worketh	1
wrought	1
ye have	1
ye made	1
ye make	1
ye shall	1
ye shall have done	1
ye would do	1
you	1

Verses containing G4160

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Acts 23:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
More than forty of them were involved in this plot.
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Acts 24:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
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Acts 24:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.
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Acts 25:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
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Acts 25:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in.
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Acts 26:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.
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Acts 26:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”
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Acts 27:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
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Acts 28:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
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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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Romans 1:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
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Romans 1:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
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Romans 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?
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Romans 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.
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Romans 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
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Romans 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
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Romans 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.
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Romans 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.
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Romans 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.
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Romans 7:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.
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Romans 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
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Romans 7:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
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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 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?
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Romans 9:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”
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Romans 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
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Romans 12:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
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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 · 1 occurrence
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 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
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Romans 15:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
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Romans 16:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
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1 Corinthians 6:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
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1 Corinthians 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
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1 Corinthians 7:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.
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1 Corinthians 7:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.
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1 Corinthians 7:38 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.
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1 Corinthians 9:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
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1 Corinthians 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
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1 Corinthians 10:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
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1 Corinthians 11:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
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1 Corinthians 11:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
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1 Corinthians 15:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?
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1 Corinthians 16:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:
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2 Corinthians 5:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
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2 Corinthians 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And this is my opinion about what is helpful for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give, but even to have such a desire.
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2 Corinthians 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now finish the work, so that you may complete it with the same eager desire, according to your means.
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2 Corinthians 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?
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2 Corinthians 11:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.
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2 Corinthians 11:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.
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