For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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πρός
Vocabulary form:
πρός
Definition:
acc: to (towards); with
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
700
GK:
4639
Cognates:
A proselyte (proshvlutoV) is a person who has come over to another religion.
Mnemonics:
I've taken up my cross and will go with Jesus.
Mnemonic Singing:
Joy to the world the Lord is come,
let earth receive her king.
Biblical Concordance
| 1 Corinthians 12:2 | You know that when you were pagans you were somehow seduced and led astray to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) idols that could not speak. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:7 | But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for (pros | πρός | prep-gen) the good of all. |
| 1 Corinthians 13:12 | For the present we are looking through a mirror obscurely, but then face to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) face. Now I know in part; then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:6 | But as it is, brothers, if I come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I impart to you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching? |
| 1 Corinthians 14:12 | So it is with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to excel for (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the edification of the church. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:26 | What then is the outcome, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue, an interpretation. Let all things be done for (pros | πρός | prep-acc) edification. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:34 | Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) your shame. |
| 1 Corinthians 16:5 | But I will come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you after I have gone through Macedonia — for I intend to go through Macedonia — |
| 1 Corinthians 16:6 | and it may be that I will stay awhile with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me continue my journey, wherever I go. |
| 1 Corinthians 16:7 | For I do not want to see you now just in passing, for I hope to spend some time with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you, if the Lord permits. |
| 1 Corinthians 16:10 | Now if Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear while he is with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you, for he is doing the Lord’s work, just as I am. |
| 1 Corinthians 16:11 | So no one should treat him with contempt. Help him continue his journey in peace, that he may come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) me; for I am expecting him with the brothers. |
| 1 Corinthians 16:12 | Now concerning Apollos our brother: I strongly urged him to go to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you with the other brothers, but it was not at all his intention to go now. He will go when he has an opportunity. |
| 2 Corinthians 1:12 | For our confidence is this, the testimony of our conscience, that with simplicity and sincerity like that of God, and not with earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you. |
| 2 Corinthians 1:15 | And because of this confidence, I was intending to come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you first, so that you might have a second benefit — |
| 2 Corinthians 1:16 | through your help, to go on to Macedonia, and from Macedonia to come back to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you and to be helped by you on my way to Judea. |
| 2 Corinthians 1:18 | But as surely as God is trustworthy, our word to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you has not been “Yes” and “No.” |
| 2 Corinthians 1:20 | For all the promises of God find their “Yes” in him; and that is why it is through him that we say our “Amen” to God for (pros | πρός | prep-acc) his glory. |
| 2 Corinthians 2:1 | So I decided this within myself, not to come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you again with sorrow. |
| 2 Corinthians 2:16 | we are a deadly fume that kills, but to the former we are a life-giving fragrance that brings life. And who is adequate for (pros | πρός | prep-acc) ministry like this? |
| 2 Corinthians 3:1 | Are we beginning to recommend ourselves again? We do not need, as some do, letters of recommendation to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you or from you, do we? |
| 2 Corinthians 3:4 | Such is the confidence we have through Christ toward (pros | πρός | prep-acc) God. |
| 2 Corinthians 3:13 | and not like Moses who used to put a veil over his face so that (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the sons of Israel would not gaze at the end of what was fading away. |
| 2 Corinthians 3:16 | yet whenever one turns to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the Lord, the veil is removed. |
| 2 Corinthians 4:2 | But we have renounced shameful hidden deeds. We do not practice cunning, nor do we tamper with the word of God, but by the open declaration of truth we commend ourselves to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. |
| 2 Corinthians 4:6 | For it is the God who said, “Out of darkness light will shine,” who has flooded our hearts with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ. |
| 2 Corinthians 5:8 | Thus we are confident and would rather be away from the body and at home with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the Lord. |
| 2 Corinthians 5:10 | For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be repaid according (pros | πρός | prep-acc) to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) what he has done while in the body, whether good or bad. |
| 2 Corinthians 5:12 | For we are not again recommending ourselves to you but giving you an occasion to boast on our behalf, so that you may be able to answer (pros | πρός | prep-acc) those who boast of what is seen and not of what is in the heart. |
| 2 Corinthians 6:11 | We have opened our mouth freely to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide. |
| 2 Corinthians 6:14 | Do not be unevenly yoked with unbelievers; for what is there in common between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) darkness? |
| 2 Corinthians 6:15 | What harmony is there between (pros | πρός | prep-acc) Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? |
| 2 Corinthians 7:3 | I do not say this to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) condemn you, for I have said previously that you are in our hearts; thus we live and die together. |
| 2 Corinthians 7:4 | I have great confidence in (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you; I take great pride in you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in all our distress. |
| 2 Corinthians 7:8 | For even if I made you sad by my letter, I do not regret it. Even if I did regret it — for I see that that letter did make you sad, though only for (pros | πρός | prep-acc) a short time — |
| 2 Corinthians 7:12 | So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the offender, nor on account of the one offended, but that your earnestness toward us might be revealed to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you in the sight of God. |
| 2 Corinthians 8:17 | because he not only accepted our request, but being very eager and acting on his own initiative, he is on his way to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you. |
| 2 Corinthians 8:19 | And not only this, but he has been appointed by the churches to be our traveling companion as we carry out this act of kindness for (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness. |
| 2 Corinthians 10:4 | for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but are empowered by God for (pros | πρός | prep-acc) tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments |
| 2 Corinthians 11:8 | I robbed other churches, taking support from them to carry out (pros | πρός | prep-acc) my service to you. |
| 2 Corinthians 11:9 | And when I was present with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you and in need, I did not burden anyone, for when the brothers came from Macedonia they supplied my need. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:14 | Look, for the third time I am ready to come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking what you have, but you. For children ought not save up for their parents, but the parents for the children. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:17 | I did not take advantage of you through anyone I sent to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you, did I? |
| 2 Corinthians 12:21 | I am afraid that when I come, my God may again humble me before (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you, and that I will mourn for many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery in which they indulged. |
| 2 Corinthians 13:1 | This will be my third visit to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you. On the evidence of two or three witnesses every accusation is to be confirmed. |
| 2 Corinthians 13:7 | Now we pray to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) God that you may not do anything wrong, not that we would appear as having passed the test, but that you may do what is right even though we may appear as having failed. |
| Galatians 1:17 | nor did I go up to Jerusalem to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) those who were apostles before me; but I went away into Arabia and returned again to Damascus. |
| Galatians 1:18 | Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas and stayed with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him fifteen days. |
| Galatians 2:5 | but to them we did not yield in submission even for (pros | πρός | prep-acc) a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would be preserved for (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you. |
| Galatians 2:14 | But when I saw that they were not behaving in a manner consistent with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, born a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, by what right are you trying to make the Gentiles live like Jews?” |
Mnemonics
mnemonic
pros as in 'pros and cons move me towards decisions'