For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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ἀδελφός
Vocabulary form:
ἀδελφός
Definition:
brother
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
343
GK:
81
Cognates:
Philadelphia is the city of brotherly love.
Mnemonic Singing:
Thou our Father, Christ our brother,
all who live in love are Thine.
Biblical Concordance
| Romans 14:15 | if your brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) 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 14:21 | It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine or to do anything that makes your brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) stumble. |
| Romans 15:14 | I myself am convinced my brethren (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able also to instruct one another. |
| Romans 15:30 | Now I urge you, brethren (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in fervent prayer to God on my behalf, |
| Romans 16:14 | Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brethren (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc) with them. |
| Romans 16:17 | Now I urge you, brethren (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), to watch out for people who cause divisions and upset people’s faith contrary to the teaching that you have received. Avoid them. |
| Romans 16:23 | Gaius, a host to me as well as to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer greets you, as does our brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) Quartus. |
| 1 Corinthians 1:1 | Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc), |
| 1 Corinthians 1:10 | I appeal to you, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all come to agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same frame of mind and the same judgment. |
| 1 Corinthians 1:11 | For it has been reported to me by members of Chloe’s household that there are quarrels among you, my brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc). |
| 1 Corinthians 1:26 | Consider your calling, brothers: (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc) according to worldly standards, not many of you were wise, not many were influential, not many were of noble birth. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:1 | When I came to you, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), I did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom as I told you about the secret purpose of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 3:1 | And so, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. |
| 1 Corinthians 4:6 | I have applied all this to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another. |
| 1 Corinthians 5:11 | But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) if he is a sexually immoral or greedy person, an idolater, slanderer, drunkard, or swindler — not even to eat with such a one. |
| 1 Corinthians 6:5 | I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between his brothers (adelphou | ἀδελφοῦ | gen sg masc), |
| 1 Corinthians 6:6 | but brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) goes to court against brother (adelphou | ἀδελφοῦ | gen sg masc), and that before unbelievers? |
| 1 Corinthians 6:8 | But you yourselves wrong and defraud, and this to your own brothers! (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc) |
| 1 Corinthians 7:12 | To the rest I say (I, not the Lord): If some brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) has a wife who is not a believer, and she is willing to live with him, he should not divorce her. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:14 | For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through union with his wife, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated through union with her husband (adelphō | ἀδελφῷ | dat sg masc). Otherwise your children would be defiled, but as it is, they are holy. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:15 | But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) or the sister is not bound. It is to peace that God has called us. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:24 | Each one in the condition in which he was called, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), in that condition let him remain with God. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:29 | And I say this, my brothers: (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc) the time has grown short. From now on those who have wives should be as though they had none, |
| 1 Corinthians 8:11 | And so the one who is weak, the brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) for whom Christ died, will be destroyed by your knowledge. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:12 | So when you sin against your brothers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc) and wound their conscience, being weak, you are sinning against Christ. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:13 | Therefore, if food causes my brother (adelphon | ἀδελφόν | acc sg masc) to stumble, again I will never eat meat, lest I cause one of (adelphon | ἀδελφόν | acc sg masc) them to stumble. |
| 1 Corinthians 9:5 | Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, as also the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc), and Cephas do? |
| 1 Corinthians 10:1 | For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea, |
| 1 Corinthians 11:33 | So then, my brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), when you come together to eat, wait for one another. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:1 | Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), I do not want you to be uninformed. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:6 | But as it is, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I impart to you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching? |
| 1 Corinthians 14:20 | Brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), do not be children in your thinking. Rather, in evil be infants but in your thinking be adults. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:26 | What then is the outcome, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc)? 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 edification. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:39 | So, my brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:1 | Now I make known to you, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), the gospel that I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, |
| 1 Corinthians 15:6 | Then he appeared to (adelphois | ἀδελφοῖς | dat pl masc) more than five hundred brothers (adelphois | ἀδελφοῖς | dat pl masc) at the same time, most of whom are still living, although some have fallen asleep. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:31 | Every day I am in danger of dying! I swear by my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:50 | Now this I declare, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:58 | So then, my dear brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. |
| 1 Corinthians 16:11 | So no one should treat him with contempt. Help him continue his journey in peace, that he may come to me; for I am expecting him with the brothers (adelphōn | ἀδελφῶν | gen pl masc). |
| 1 Corinthians 16:12 | Now concerning Apollos our brother: (adelphou | ἀδελφοῦ | gen sg masc) I strongly urged him to go to you with the other brothers (adelphōn | ἀδελφῶν | gen pl masc), but it was not at all his intention to go now. He will go when he has an opportunity. |
| 1 Corinthians 16:15 | You know that the household of Stephanus were the first converts in the province of Achaia, and that they devoted themselves to the service of the saints. So I urge you, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), |
| 1 Corinthians 16:20 | All the brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc) send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss. |
| 2 Corinthians 1:1 | Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc), to the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia: |
| 2 Corinthians 1:8 | For we want you to know, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), about the affliction we suffered in Asia, that we were burdened excessively beyond our power to cope, so that we despaired even of living. |
| 2 Corinthians 2:13 | I had no relief for my spirit, because I could not find my brother (adelphon | ἀδελφόν | acc sg masc) Titus there. So I said good-bye to them and went on to Macedonia. |
| 2 Corinthians 8:1 | We want you to know, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), about the grace of God shown among the churches of Macedonia, |
| 2 Corinthians 8:18 | And we sent along with him the brother (adelphon | ἀδελφόν | acc sg masc) who is highly respected throughout all the churches for his work in the gospel. |
| 2 Corinthians 8:22 | And we are sending along with them our brother (adelphon | ἀδελφόν | acc sg masc) whom we have often tested in many matters and found to be eager, and now he is all the more eager because of his great confidence in you. |
| 2 Corinthians 8:23 | As for Titus, he is my companion and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc), they are delegates of the churches, an honor to Christ. |
Mnemonics
BBG
My adelphos is 6 years older than me