For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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εἰμί
Vocabulary form:
εἰμί
Definition:
I am (is, are; was, were)
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
2,462
GK:
1639
Mnemonics:
I am Amy.
Mnemonic Singing:
Just as I am without one plea
Biblical Concordance
| James 4:4 | You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) hostility toward God? Therefore whoever desires to (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. |
| James 4:11 | Do not speak against one another, my brothers. Whoever speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) not a doer of the law but a judge of it. |
| James 4:12 | There (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) only one who is the lawgiver and judge — the one who is able to save and to destroy; so who are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you to be judging your neighbor? |
| James 4:14 | You have no idea what your life will be like tomorrow. For you (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) but a mist that appears for a brief moment and then disappears. |
| James 4:16 | But as it is, you are making arrogant boasts; all such boasting is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) evil. |
| James 4:17 | So the person who knows what is right to do and fails to do it, for him it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) sin. |
| James 5:3 | Your gold and your silver have rusted and their rust will (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) be (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) a witness against you, and it will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure for the last days. |
| James 5:11 | For sure, we regard as blessed those who persevered. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the result of the Lord's activity, that the Lord is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) exceedingly compassionate and merciful. |
| James 5:12 | Above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. Rather let your “Yes” be (ētō | ἤτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) yes and your “No,” no, so that you may not fall under judgment. |
| James 5:15 | and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up. And if he (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) has (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) committed sins, he will be forgiven. |
| James 5:17 | Elijah was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) a man exactly like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months no rain fell on the earth. |
| 1 Peter 1:6 | In this you rejoice, even if it is necessary for a short time to be made sorrowful by various trials, |
| 1 Peter 1:16 | For it is written, “Be (esesthe | ἔσεσθε | fut mid ind 2 pl) holy, because I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) holy.” |
| 1 Peter 1:21 | who through him believe in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) in God. |
| 1 Peter 1:25 | but the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the word that was preached to you. |
| 1 Peter 2:15 | For this is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) the will of God: by doing good to silence the ignorance of foolish men. |
| 1 Peter 2:25 | For you were (ēte | ἦτε | imperf act ind 2 pl) like sheep, going astray, but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls. |
| 1 Peter 3:3 | Do (estō | ἔστω | pres act imperative 3 sg) not let (estō | ἔστω | pres act imperative 3 sg) your beauty be (estō | ἔστω | pres act imperative 3 sg) external — such as braiding the hair, wearing gold jewelry, or dressing up in fine clothes — |
| 1 Peter 3:4 | but let it be the inner person of the heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which in the sight of God is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) precious. |
| 1 Peter 3:20 | who once were disobedient when the patience of God waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being built, in which a few, that is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) eight souls, were brought safely through water. |
| 1 Peter 3:22 | who is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, all angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him. |
| 1 Peter 4:11 | if someone speaks, as speaking the oracles of God; if someone serves, as by the strength that God supplies — so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) glory and power forever and ever. Amen. |
| 1 Peter 5:12 | By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written briefly to you, exhorting and testifying that this is (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) the true grace of God. Stand fast in it. |
| 2 Peter 1:9 | For the one who does not have these qualities is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) blind; he is nearsighted, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his past sins. |
| 2 Peter 1:13 | Indeed, I consider it the right thing to do, as long as I am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) in this body, to keep refreshing your memory, |
| 2 Peter 1:14 | since I know that my body will (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) soon be (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) put aside as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. |
| 2 Peter 1:17 | For he received honor and glory from God the Father when a voice borne to him by the Majestic Glory proclaimed: “This is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) my Son, my Beloved, on whom my favor rests.” |
| 2 Peter 1:18 | We ourselves heard this voice borne from heaven, for (ontes | ὄντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) we (ontes | ὄντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) were (ontes | ὄντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) with him on the holy mountain. |
| 2 Peter 2:1 | But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there (esontai | ἔσονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) will (esontai | ἔσονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) be (esontai | ἔσονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) false teachers among you, who will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. |
| 2 Peter 2:11 | whereas angels, although (ontes | ὄντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) greater in strength and power, do not bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord. |
| 2 Peter 2:17 | These people are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) wells without water, mists driven by a squall. For them the gloom of darkness has been reserved. |
| 2 Peter 2:21 | For it would have been (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) better for them never to have come to know the way of righteousness than, having come to know it, to turn back from the holy commandment that was delivered to them. |
| 2 Peter 3:4 | and saying, “Where is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the promise of his coming? For ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything has gone along as it has from the beginning of creation.” |
| 2 Peter 3:5 | For in maintaining this, they overlook the fact that by the word of God heavens existed (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water. |
| 2 Peter 3:7 | But by the same word the present heavens and earth have (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) been (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. |
| 2 Peter 3:16 | as he does in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters, in which are (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) some things hard to understand, things that the ignorant and unstable distort to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures. |
| 1 John 1:1 | That which has existed (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and our hands have touched, concerning the word of life — |
| 1 John 1:2 | this life was revealed, and we have seen it and are bearing witness and proclaiming to you the eternal life that existed (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) with the Father and was revealed to us — |
| 1 John 1:4 | These things we are writing that our joy may be (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) complete. |
| 1 John 1:5 | Now this is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the message that we have heard from him and are proclaiming to you: God is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) light, and there (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) absolutely no darkness in him. |
| 1 John 1:7 | But if we walk in the light, as he is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. |
| 1 John 1:8 | If we say that we are without sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not in us. |
| 1 John 1:9 | If we confess our sins, he (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. |
| 1 John 1:10 | If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not in us. |
| 1 John 2:2 | He is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for those of the entire world. |
| 1 John 2:4 | The one who says, “I know God,” yet does not keep his commandments, is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) a liar and the truth is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not in him. |
| 1 John 2:5 | But whoever keeps his word, truly in that person is the love of God brought to fulfillment. This is how we can be sure that we (esmen | ἐσμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) are (esmen | ἐσμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) in him: |
| 1 John 2:7 | Dear friends, it is not a new commandment that I write to you, but an old commandment — one that you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the message you have already heard. |
| 1 John 2:8 | Yet it is a new commandment that I write to you, one that is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. |
| 1 John 2:9 | The one who claims to (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) in the light but goes on hating his brother is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) still in the darkness. |
Mnemonics
mnemonic
eimi as in 'I am amy'