For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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εἰ
Vocabulary form:
εἰ
Definition:
if
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
502
GK:
1623
Mnemonic Singing:
My gracious Redeemer,
my Savior art Thou,
if ever I love Thee,
my Jesus 'tis now.
Notes:
This is not the same as ei that means "you are." Watch the accents here carefully, because eij does not have an accent. Like ejavn, eij always introduces a dependent clause, and therefore you will not find the main subject or verb of the sentence in the eij clause.
Biblical Concordance
| Romans 11:24 | For if (ei | εἰ | conj) you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree? |
| Romans 12:18 | If (ei | εἰ | conj) possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with everyone. |
| Romans 13:1 | Every person must be subject to the governing authorities because there is no authority except (ei | εἰ | conj) by God’s appointment, and those that presently exist have been instituted by God. |
| Romans 13:8 | Owe no one anything, except (ei | εἰ | conj) to love one another; for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. |
| Romans 13:9 | For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” (and any other commandment there (ei | εἴ | conj) may (ei | εἴ | conj) be) (ei | εἴ | conj) are summed up in this “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” |
| Romans 14:14 | I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; however (ei | εἰ | conj), to the one who considers something to be unclean, to him it is unclean. |
| Romans 14:15 | if (ei | εἰ | conj) your brother is being hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by what you eat that brother for whom Christ died. |
| Romans 15:27 | They were pleased to do so, in fact, they are obligated to them; for if (ei | εἰ | conj) the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material things. |
| 1 Corinthians 1:14 | I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except (ei | εἰ | conj) Crispus and Gaius, |
| 1 Corinthians 1:16 | (I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not know if (ei | εἴ | conj) I baptized anyone else.) |
| 1 Corinthians 2:2 | For I had decided to know nothing among you except (ei | εἰ | conj) Jesus Christ and him crucified. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:8 | None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if (ei | εἰ | conj) they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:11 | For who can know the thoughts of a man except (ei | εἰ | conj) the man’s own spirit that is in him? In the same way, no one can understand the thoughts of God except (ei | εἰ | conj) the Spirit of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 3:12 | If (ei | εἰ | conj) anyone is building on the foundation with gold, silver, gems, wood, hay, straw — |
| 1 Corinthians 3:14 | If (ei | εἴ | conj) the work that someone has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. |
| 1 Corinthians 3:15 | If (ei | εἴ | conj) someone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss; however, he himself will be saved, but only as through fire. |
| 1 Corinthians 3:17 | If (ei | εἴ | conj) anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and that is what you are. |
| 1 Corinthians 3:18 | Let no one deceive himself. If (ei | εἴ | conj) someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise. |
| 1 Corinthians 4:7 | For who sees anything superior in you? What do you have that you did not receive? And if (ei | εἰ | conj) you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it? |
| 1 Corinthians 6:2 | Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if (ei | εἰ | conj) the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try minor cases? |
| 1 Corinthians 7:5 | Do not deprive one another, except (ei | εἰ | conj) perhaps by agreement for a set time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer; then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:9 | But if (ei | εἰ | conj) they are not practicing self-control, they should marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with sexual passion. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:12 | To the rest I say (I, not the Lord): If (ei | εἴ | conj) some brother has a wife who is not a believer, and she is willing to live with him, he should not divorce her. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:13 | And if (ei | εἴ | conj) some woman has a husband who is not a believer, and he is willing to live with her, she should not divorce him. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:15 | But if (ei | εἰ | conj) the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or the sister is not bound. It is to peace that God has called us. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:16 | For how do you know, wife, whether (ei | εἰ | conj) you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether (ei | εἰ | conj) you will save your wife? |
| 1 Corinthians 7:17 | Only (ei | εἰ | conj), as the Lord has assigned to each person, as God has called each one, so let that person conduct his life. And thus I prescribe in all the churches. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:21 | If you were a slave when called, do not be concerned about it. However, if (ei | εἰ | conj) you are able to gain your freedom, make the most of the opportunity. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:36 | If (ei | εἰ | conj) someone believes he is not treating his virgin in an appropriate manner, if his passions are strong, and so it has to be, he should do what he desires, it is no sin — let them marry. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:2 | If (ei | εἴ | conj) someone presumes to know something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:3 | But if (ei | εἰ | conj) someone loves God, he is known by God. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:4 | Therefore, as to the eating of food sacrificed to idols, we know that “an idol has no genuine reality” and that “there is no God but (ei | εἰ | conj) one.” |
| 1 Corinthians 8:13 | Therefore, if (ei | εἰ | conj) food causes my brother to stumble, again I will never eat meat, lest I cause one of them to stumble. |
| 1 Corinthians 9:2 | If (ei | εἰ | conj) to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are the proof of my apostleship in the Lord. |
| 1 Corinthians 9:11 | If (ei | εἰ | conj) we sowed spiritual things among you, is it too much if (ei | εἰ | conj) we reap material things from you? |
| 1 Corinthians 9:12 | If (ei | εἰ | conj) others have a share in this right over you, do not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but endure all things lest we place some obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ. |
| 1 Corinthians 9:17 | For if (ei | εἰ | conj) I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if (ei | εἰ | conj) unwillingly, I have been entrusted with a charge. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:13 | No trial has overtaken you that is not (ei | εἰ | conj) distinctively human; and God is faithful; he will not let you be tested beyond what you can bear, but with the trial will also provide the way through, so that you will be able to endure it. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:27 | If (ei | εἴ | conj) one of the unbelievers invites you to a meal and you decide to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no question based on conscience. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:30 | If (ei | εἰ | conj) I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed because of that for which I give thanks? |
| 1 Corinthians 11:6 | For if (ei | εἰ | conj) a woman will not cover her head, she should cut her hair short. But if (ei | εἰ | conj) it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut short or have her head shaved, she should cover her head. |
| 1 Corinthians 11:16 | If (ei | εἰ | conj) anyone is inclined to be quarrelsome, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 11:31 | But if (ei | εἰ | conj) we had been examining ourselves, we would not come under judgment. |
| 1 Corinthians 11:34 | If (ei | εἴ | conj) anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:3 | Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except (ei | εἰ | conj) by the Holy Spirit. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:17 | If (ei | εἰ | conj) the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If (ei | εἰ | conj) the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? |
| 1 Corinthians 12:19 | If (ei | εἰ | conj) they were all a single member, where would the body be? |
| 1 Corinthians 14:5 | Now I would like all of you to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may receive edification. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:10 | There are who-knows-how-many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:35 | And if (ei | εἰ | conj) they want to find out about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is improper for a woman to speak in church. |