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ἀλλά

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἀλλά
Greek transliteration: 
alla
Simplified transliteration: 
alla
Numbers
Strong's number: 
235
GK Number: 
247
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
638
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
particle
Gloss: 
but, instead, yet, except
Definition: 
but; however; but still more;, ἀλλάγε, at all events; ἀλλἠ, unless, except. Ἀλλά also serves to introduce a sentence with keenness and emphasis, Jn. 16:2; Rom. 6:5; 7:7; Phil. 3:8

Greek-English Concordance for ἀλλά

Romans 12:3 For by the grace given to me I say to every one among you that he should not think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) to think with sober judgment, as God has assigned to each a measure of faith.
Romans 12:16 Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.
Romans 12:19 Never avenge yourselves, dear friends, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Romans 12:20 To the contrary (alla | ἀλλά | conj), “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by doing this you will heap burning coals on his head.”
Romans 12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) overcome evil with good.
Romans 13:3 For rulers are not a source of fear for those who do good, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) for those who do wrong. Would you have no fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will receive his approval
Romans 13:5 Therefore one must be subject, not only because of wrath, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) also because of conscience.
Romans 13:14 Rather (alla | ἀλλά | conj), put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the sinful nature to gratify its desires.
Romans 14:13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) resolve instead, never to put an obstacle or a trap in a brother’s way.
Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:20 Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. All food is indeed clean, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) it is wrong to cause another to stumble by what you eat.
Romans 15:3 For Christ did not please himself; but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”
Romans 15:21 rather (alla | ἀλλά | conj), as it is written, “Those who were not told of him will see, and those who have not heard of him will understand.”
Romans 16:4 who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) also all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
Romans 16:18 For such people do not serve our Lord Christ but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the guileless.
1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) to preach the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be rendered ineffective.
1 Corinthians 1:27 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong;
1 Corinthians 2:4 My word and my message were not delivered with persuasive words of wisdom, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
1 Corinthians 2:5 so that your faith would not be based on the wisdom of men but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) on the power of God.
1 Corinthians 2:7 Rather (alla | ἀλλά | conj), we speak the wisdom of God; a wisdom that was hidden in mystery and that God had determined before the ages for our glory.
1 Corinthians 2:9 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj), as it is written, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, nor has the mind of man imagined, the things that God has prepared for those who love him.”
1 Corinthians 2:12 It was not the spirit of the world that we received, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) the Spirit sent from God, that we might understand the gifts freely given to us by God.
1 Corinthians 2:13 And we speak about these things in words not taught by human wisdom but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
1 Corinthians 3:1 And so, brothers, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:2 I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) even now you are not yet ready,
1 Corinthians 3:6 I planted, Apollos watered, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) God has been causing the growth.
1 Corinthians 3:7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) God is the one who gives the growth.
1 Corinthians 4:3 But for me it is a matter of the least consequence that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj), I do not even judge myself.
1 Corinthians 4:4 For I am not aware of anything against myself, yet (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) not because of this am I acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.
1 Corinthians 4:14 I am not writing these things to shame you, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) to admonish you as my dear children.
1 Corinthians 4:15 For though you have innumerable guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
1 Corinthians 4:19 But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the speech of these arrogant people but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) their power.
1 Corinthians 4:20 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) of power.
1 Corinthians 5:8 So let us celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and wickedness, but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
1 Corinthians 6:6 but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) brother goes to court against brother, and that before unbelievers?
1 Corinthians 6:8 But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) you yourselves wrong and defraud, and this to your own brothers!
1 Corinthians 6:11 And some of you were guilty of these abominations! But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
1 Corinthians 6:12 “All things are lawful for me,” — but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me” — but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) I will not be overpowered by anything.
1 Corinthians 6:13 “Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food” — and God will destroy both the one and the other. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;
1 Corinthians 7:4 For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) the husband does. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) the wife does.
1 Corinthians 7:7 I wish that all men were as I myself am. But (alla | ἀλλά | conj) each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
1 Corinthians 7:10 To the married I give this command (not I, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) the Lord): a wife should not separate from her husband
1 Corinthians 7:19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Rather (alla | ἀλλά | conj), it is keeping God’s commandments that counts.
1 Corinthians 7:21 If you were a slave when called, do not be concerned about it. However (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj), if you are able to gain your freedom, make the most of the opportunity.
1 Corinthians 7:35 I am saying this for your benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) to promote propriety and undivided devotion to the Lord.
1 Corinthians 8:6 yet (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
1 Corinthians 8:7 However (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj), not everyone has this knowledge. But some, because in former times they were involved with idols, eat this food as though it were an idol sacrifice, and thus their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
1 Corinthians 9:2 If to others I am not an apostle, at least (alla | ἀλλά | conj) I am to you, for you are the proof of my apostleship in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 9:12 If others have a share in this right over you, do not we even more? Nevertheless (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj), we have not made use of this right, but (alla | ἀλλά | conj) endure all things lest we place some obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:21 To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not free from the law of God but (all | ἀλλ᾿ | conj) subject to the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law.

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