For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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Gloss:
no, not, not at all, in no way, (with {3590}) absolutely not. At the beginning of a Greek question, it anticipates a positive response
Definition:
negative adverb, originally the gen. of ὅς, spelled οὐκ if followed by a word beginning with a vowel and a smooth breathing, οὐχ if followed by a vowel and rough breathing, not, no, Mt. 5:37; 12:43; 23:37; for the peculiarities of its usage (especially as distinct from μή) consult a grammar
Greek-English Concordance for οὐ
1 Corinthians 2:13 | And we speak about these things in words not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. |
1 Corinthians 2:14 | The natural man does not (ou | οὐ | particle) receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; he cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) understand them because they are spiritually discerned. |
1 Corinthians 3:1 | And so, brothers, I could not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. |
1 Corinthians 3:2 | I gave you milk, not (ou | οὐ | particle) solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, |
1 Corinthians 3:4 | For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) like everyone else? |
1 Corinthians 3:16 | Do you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? |
1 Corinthians 4:4 | For I am not aware of anything against myself, yet not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) because of this am I acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. |
1 Corinthians 4:7 | For who sees anything superior in you? What do you have that you did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it? |
1 Corinthians 4:14 | I am not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) writing these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my dear children. |
1 Corinthians 4:15 | For though you have innumerable guardians in Christ, you do not (ou | οὐ | particle) 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 (ou | οὐ | particle) the speech of these arrogant people but their power. |
1 Corinthians 4:20 | For the kingdom of God is not (ou | οὐ | particle) a matter of talk but of power. |
1 Corinthians 5:6 | Your boasting is not (ou | οὐ | particle) good. Do you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know that a little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough? |
1 Corinthians 5:10 | not (ou | οὐ | particle) at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would have to go out of the world. |
1 Corinthians 6:2 | Or do you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try minor cases? |
1 Corinthians 6:3 | Do you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know that we will judge angels, not to mention everyday affairs? |
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, |
1 Corinthians 6:9 | Do you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know that the unrighteous will not (ou | οὐ | particle) inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, |
1 Corinthians 6:10 | nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor (ou | οὐ | particle) drunkards, nor (ou | οὐ | particle) slanderers, nor (ouch | οὐχ | particle) swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. |
1 Corinthians 6:12 | “All things are lawful for me,” — but not (ou | οὐ | particle) all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me” — but I will not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) 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 (ou | οὐ | particle) for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body; |
1 Corinthians 6:15 | Do you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! |
1 Corinthians 6:16 | Or do you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know that he who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For it says, “The two will become one flesh.” |
1 Corinthians 6:19 | Or do you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God, and you are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) your own? |
1 Corinthians 7:4 | For the wife does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have authority over her own body, but the husband does. In the same way, the husband does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have authority over his own body, but the wife does. |
1 Corinthians 7:6 | This I say by way of concession, not (ou | οὐ | particle) of command. |
1 Corinthians 7:9 | But if they are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) practicing self-control, they should marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with sexual passion. |
1 Corinthians 7:10 | To the married I give this command (not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) I, but the Lord): a wife should not separate from her husband |
1 Corinthians 7:12 | To the rest I say (I, not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) the Lord): If 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 7:15 | But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or the sister is not (ou | οὐ | particle) bound. It is to peace that God has called us. |
1 Corinthians 7:25 | Now concerning virgins: I have no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who has been shown mercy by the Lord and is trustworthy. |
1 Corinthians 7:28 | But if you do marry, you have not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) sinned, and if a virgin marries, she has not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) sinned. However those who do marry will have worldly trouble, and I am trying to spare you. |
1 Corinthians 7:35 | I am saying this for your benefit, not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) to put a restraint on you, but to promote propriety and undivided devotion to the Lord. |
1 Corinthians 7:36 | If 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 (ouch | οὐχ | particle) sin — let them marry. |
1 Corinthians 8:7 | However, not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) 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 8:8 | Food does not (ou | οὐ | particle) bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. |
1 Corinthians 8:13 | Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, again I will never (ou | οὐ | particle) eat meat, lest I cause one of them to stumble. |
1 Corinthians 9:1 | Am I not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) free? Am I not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not (ou | οὐ | particle) the result of my labor in the Lord? |
1 Corinthians 9:2 | If to others I am not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are the proof of my apostleship in the Lord. |
1 Corinthians 9:4 | Do we not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have the right to eat and drink? |
1 Corinthians 9:5 | Do we not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have the right to the company of a believing wife, as also the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas do? |
1 Corinthians 9:6 | Or is it only I and Barnabas who have no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) right to refrain from working? |
1 Corinthians 9:7 | Who serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) drink of its milk? |
1 Corinthians 9:8 | Am I saying these things from a merely human point of view? Or does not (ou | οὐ | particle) the Law say the same? |
1 Corinthians 9:9 | For in the Law of Moses it is written, “You shall not (ou | οὐ | particle) muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” It is not for oxen that God is concerned, is it? |
1 Corinthians 9:12 | If others have a share in this right over you, do not (ou | οὐ | particle) we even more? Nevertheless, we have not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) made use of this right, but endure all things lest we place some obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ. |
1 Corinthians 9:13 | Do you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know that those who perform sacred rites in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings? |
1 Corinthians 9:15 | But I have not (ou | οὐ | particle) used any of these rights. And I am not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) writing this so that something will be done for me; for it would be better for me rather to die — no one shall take away my ground for boasting! |
1 Corinthians 9:16 | If I preach the gospel, I do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have a ground for boasting, for I am compelled to do so. Woe is me if I do not preach the gospel! |
1 Corinthians 9:24 | Do you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know that all who run in the stadium compete but only one receives the prize? So run that you may win. |