For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
κρίνω
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Gloss:
to decide, consider, as preferring one thing over another or determining the correctness of a matter; by extension: to judge, pass judgment on, condemn in a legal sense
Definition:
pluperfect, κεκρίκει (3 sg), pr. to separate; to make a distinction between; to exercise judgment upon; to estimate, Rom. 14:5; to judge, to assume censorial power over, to call to account, Mt. 7:1; Lk. 6:37; Rom. 2:1, 3; 14:3, 4, 10, 13; Col. 2:16; Jas. 4:11, 12; to bring under question, Rom. 14:22; to judge judicially, to try as a judge, Jn. 18:31; to bring to trial, Acts 13:27; to sentence, Lk. 19:22; Jn. 7:51; to resolve on, decree, Acts 16:4; Rev. 16:5; absol. to decide, determine, resolve, Acts 3:13; 15:19; 27:1; to deem, Acts 13:46; to form a judgment, pass judgment, Jn. 8:15; pass. to be brought to trial, Acts 25:10, 20; Rom. 3:4; to be brought to account, to incur arraignment, be arraigned, 1 Cor. 10:29; mid. to go to law, litigate, Mt. 5:40; in NT to judge, to visit judicially, Acts 7:7; 1 Cor. 11:31, 32; 1 Pet. 4:6; to judge, to right, to vindicate, Heb. 10:30; to administer government over, to govern, Mt. 19:28; Lk. 22:30
Greek-English Concordance for κρίνω
Romans 3:6 | By no means! For otherwise how could God judge (krinei | κρινεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) the world? |
Romans 3:7 | But if by my lie God’s truthfulness abounds to his glory, why am (krinomai | κρίνομαι | pres pass ind 1 sg) I still being (krinomai | κρίνομαι | pres pass ind 1 sg) condemned (krinomai | κρίνομαι | pres pass ind 1 sg) as a sinner? |
Romans 14:3 | The one who eats everything must not hold in contempt the one who does not and the one who abstains must (krinetō | κρινέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) not judge (krinetō | κρινέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) the one who eats, for God has accepted him. |
Romans 14:4 | Who are you to pass (krinōn | κρίνων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) judgment on someone else’s servant? It is before his own master that he will stand or fall. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. |
Romans 14:5 | one person regards (krinei | κρίνει | pres act ind 3 sg) one day more sacred than another, while another person regards (krinei | κρίνει | pres act ind 3 sg) all days the same. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. |
Romans 14:10 | Why do (krineis | κρίνεις | pres act ind 2 sg) you pass (krineis | κρίνεις | pres act ind 2 sg) judgment on your brother? Or again, why do you hold your brother in contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. |
Romans 14:13 | Therefore let (krinōmen | κρίνωμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) us (krinōmen | κρίνωμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) stop passing (krinōmen | κρίνωμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) judgment (krinōmen | κρίνωμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) on (krinōmen | κρίνωμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) one another, but resolve (krinate | κρίνατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) instead, never to put an obstacle or a trap in a brother’s way. |
Romans 14:22 | The faith that you have, keep as your own conviction before God. Blessed is the one (krinōn | κρίνων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) who (krinōn | κρίνων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) has (krinōn | κρίνων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) no reason (krinōn | κρίνων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to condemn himself for what he approves. |
1 Corinthians 2:2 | For I had decided (ekrina | ἔκρινα | aor act ind 1 sg) to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. |
1 Corinthians 4:5 | So then, stop passing (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) judgment (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) on (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) anything before the time, before the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will disclose the motives of the heart. At that time praise will come to each from God. |
1 Corinthians 5:3 | For though I am absent in body, I am present in spirit; and I (kekrika | κέκρικα | perf act ind 1 sg) have (kekrika | κέκρικα | perf act ind 1 sg) already passed judgment (kekrika | κέκρικα | perf act ind 1 sg) on the one who did this, just as though I were present. |
1 Corinthians 5:12 | For what business is it of mine to (krinein | κρίνειν | pres act inf ) judge (krinein | κρίνειν | pres act inf ) outsiders? Is it not those inside the church that you are to judge (krinete | κρίνετε | pres act ind 2 pl)? |
1 Corinthians 5:13 | But God will (krinei | κρινεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) judge (krinei | κρινεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) those outside. “Remove the evil person from among you.” |
1 Corinthians 6:1 | When any of you has a legal dispute against another, how dare he go to law (krinesthai | κρίνεσθαι | pres mid inf ) before heathen judges and not before the saints? |
1 Corinthians 6:2 | Or do you not know that the saints will (krinousin | κρινοῦσιν | fut act ind 3 pl) judge (krinousin | κρινοῦσιν | fut act ind 3 pl) the world? And if the world is (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) to (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) be (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) judged (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) by you, are you incompetent to try minor cases? |
1 Corinthians 6:3 | Do you not know that we (krinoumen | κρινοῦμεν | fut act ind 1 pl) will (krinoumen | κρινοῦμεν | fut act ind 1 pl) judge (krinoumen | κρινοῦμεν | fut act ind 1 pl) angels, not to mention everyday affairs? |
1 Corinthians 6:6 | but brother goes (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres mid ind 3 sg) to (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres mid ind 3 sg) court (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres mid ind 3 sg) against brother, and that before unbelievers? |
1 Corinthians 7:37 | However, the man who stands firm in his resolve is under no compulsion but has control over his desire, and has (kekriken | κέκρικεν | perf act ind 3 sg) determined (kekriken | κέκρικεν | perf act ind 3 sg) this in his heart to keep her as his virgin, he will do well. |
1 Corinthians 10:15 | I speak as to sensible people; judge (krinate | κρίνατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) for yourselves what I am about to say. |
1 Corinthians 10:29 | I mean the conscience of the other person, not your own. Why then should (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) my liberty be determined (krinetai | κρίνεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) by the conscience of another? |
1 Corinthians 11:13 | Judge (krinate | κρίνατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered? |
1 Corinthians 11:31 | But if we had been examining ourselves, we (ekrinometha | ἐκρινόμεθα | imperf pass ind 1 pl) would not come under judgment (ekrinometha | ἐκρινόμεθα | imperf pass ind 1 pl). |
1 Corinthians 11:32 | But when we are judged (krinomenoi | κρινόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) by the Lord, we are being corrected by discipline, so that we will not be condemned along with the world. |
2 Corinthians 2:1 | So I decided (ekrina | ἔκρινα | aor act ind 1 sg) this within myself, not to come to you again with sorrow. |
2 Corinthians 5:14 | For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded (krinantas | κρίναντας | aor act ptcp acc pl masc) this: that one has died for all; therefore all have died. |
Colossians 2:16 | Therefore do (krinetō | κρινέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) not let (krinetō | κρινέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) anyone judge (krinetō | κρινέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) you with respect to food and drink, or in regard to a religious festival, a new moon, or a Sabbath day. |
2 Thessalonians 2:12 | that they all may be condemned (krithōsin | κριθῶσιν | aor pass subj 3 pl) who did not believe the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness. |
2 Timothy 4:1 | I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and Christ Jesus, who is about to judge (krinein | κρίνειν | pres act inf ) the living and the dead, and by his appearing and by his kingdom: |
Titus 3:12 | When I send Artemas to you or Tychicus, do your best to come to me in Nicopolis, for I have decided (kekrika | κέκρικα | perf act ind 1 sg) to winter there. |
Hebrews 10:30 | For we know the one who said, “Vengeance belongs to me, I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge (krinei | κρινεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) his people.” |
Hebrews 13:4 | Marriage must be honored by everyone and the marriage bed must be undefiled, for God will (krinei | κρινεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) judge (krinei | κρινεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) the sexually immoral and the adulterers. |
James 2:12 | So speak and so act as those who are to (krinesthai | κρίνεσθαι | pres pass inf ) be (krinesthai | κρίνεσθαι | pres pass inf ) judged (krinesthai | κρίνεσθαι | pres pass inf ) by the law that brings freedom. |
James 4:11 | Do not speak against one another, my brothers. Whoever speaks against a brother or judges (krinōn | κρίνων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) his brother, speaks against the law and judges (krinei | κρίνει | pres act ind 3 sg) the law; but if you (krineis | κρίνεις | pres act ind 2 sg) judge (krineis | κρίνεις | pres act ind 2 sg) the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it. |
James 4:12 | There is only one who is the lawgiver and judge — the one who is able to save and to destroy; so who are you to be judging (krinōn | κρίνων | pres act ptcp voc sg masc) your neighbor? |
James 5:9 | Do not complain against one another, my brothers, lest you be judged (krithēte | κριθῆτε | aor pass subj 2 pl). Look, the judge is standing at the doors. |
1 Peter 1:17 | And if you call upon him as Father who judges (krinonta | κρίνοντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) impartially according to the work of each, conduct yourselves with fear during the time of your exile, |
1 Peter 2:23 | When he was insulted, he did not respond with an insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but entrusted himself to the one who judges (krinonti | κρίνοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) justly. |
1 Peter 4:5 | They will give an account to him who stands ready to judge (krinai | κρῖναι | aor act inf ) the living and the dead. |
1 Peter 4:6 | It was for this very purpose that the gospel was preached to the dead, so that though they were judged (krithōsi | κριθῶσι | aor pass subj 3 pl) as men in the flesh, they might live as God in the Spirit. |
Revelation 6:10 | And they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, before you bring judgment (krineis | κρίνεις | pres act ind 2 sg) and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” |
Revelation 11:18 | The nations raged, but your wrath came; and the time for the dead to be judged (krithēnai | κριθῆναι | aor pass inf ), and the time to reward your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and the time to destroy the destroyers of the earth.” |
Revelation 16:5 | Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, “You are just, O Holy One, who is and who was, because you (ekrinas | ἔκρινας | aor act ind 2 sg) brought (ekrinas | ἔκρινας | aor act ind 2 sg) these judgments (ekrinas | ἔκρινας | aor act ind 2 sg), |
Revelation 18:8 | Therefore her plagues will come in a single day — death and mourning and famine. And she will be consumed with fire, for mighty is the Lord God who has judged (krinas | κρίνας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) her.” |
Revelation 18:20 | Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has pronounced (ekrinen | ἔκρινεν | aor act ind 3 sg) judgment for you against her!” |
Revelation 19:2 | because true and just are his judgments. For he has judged (ekrinen | ἔκρινεν | aor act ind 3 sg) the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged the blood of his servants shed by her hand.” |
Revelation 19:11 | Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one riding it is called Faithful and True, and with justice he judges (krinei | κρίνει | pres act ind 3 sg) and makes war. |
Revelation 20:12 | And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and the books were opened. Then another book was opened — the Book of Life. And the dead were judged (ekrithēsan | ἐκρίθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl) by what was written in the books, according to their deeds. |
Revelation 20:13 | And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and they were judged (ekrithēsan | ἐκρίθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl), each one according to his deeds. |