For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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αὐτός
Vocabulary form:
aujtovV, -hv, -ov
Definition:
he, she, it; him/her/itself; same
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
5,597
GK:
899
Root:
aujto
Cognates:
An autocrat (aujtokrathvV) is a ruling by oneself.
Mnemonic Singing:
Only trust Him,
only trust Him,
only trust Him now.
Verse:
“αὐτός will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” (Matt 3:11)
Notes:
We will see in chapter 12 that aujtovV can also mean "self" and "same," which is reflected in most English cognates and derivatives.
Biblical Concordance
| 2 Peter 2:20 | For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become for them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) worse than the first. |
| 2 Peter 2:21 | For it would have been better for them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) never to have come to know the way of righteousness than, having come to know it, to turn back from the holy commandment that was delivered to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd). |
| 2 Peter 2:22 | What has happened to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) illustrates the true proverb: “A dog returns to its own vomit, and a sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.” |
| 2 Peter 3:3 | Above all you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come with scoffing, following their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) own lusts |
| 2 Peter 3:4 | and saying, “Where is the promise of his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) coming? For ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything has gone along as it has from the beginning of creation.” |
| 2 Peter 3:5 | For in maintaining this, they (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) overlook the fact that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water. |
| 2 Peter 3:7 | But by the same (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc) word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. |
| 2 Peter 3:10 | But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, the elements will melt in the intense heat, and the earth and the works in it (autē | αὐτῇ | dat sg fem3rd) will be exposed. |
| 2 Peter 3:13 | But according to his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness will be at home. |
| 2 Peter 3:14 | So then, dear friends, since you await these things, strive to be found without spot or blemish, at peace in (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd). |
| 2 Peter 3:15 | And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), |
| 2 Peter 3:16 | as he does in all his letters, speaking in them (autais | αὐταῖς | dat pl fem3rd) of these matters, in which are some things hard to understand, things that the ignorant and unstable distort to their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) own destruction, as they do the other scriptures. |
| 2 Peter 3:18 | But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) be the glory both now and in the eternal day. Amen. |
| 1 John 1:3 | that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) Son Jesus Christ. |
| 1 John 1:5 | Now this is the message that we have heard from him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) and are proclaiming to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd). |
| 1 John 1:6 | If we say that we have fellowship with him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) but continue to walk in darkness, we lie and are not putting the truth into practice. |
| 1 John 1:7 | But if we walk in the light, as he (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) Son cleanses us from all sin. |
| 1 John 1:10 | If we say that we have not sinned, we make him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) a liar and his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) word is not in us. |
| 1 John 2:2 | He (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for those of the entire world. |
| 1 John 2:3 | Now this is how we can be sure that we know God: (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) if we keep his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) commandments. |
| 1 John 2:4 | The one who says, “I know God,” (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) yet does not keep his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) commandments, is a liar and the truth is not in him. |
| 1 John 2:5 | But whoever keeps his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) word, truly in that person is the love of God brought to fulfillment. This is how we can be sure that we are in him: (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) |
| 1 John 2:6 | the one who claims to abide in God (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) ought to walk just as Jesus walked. |
| 1 John 2:8 | Yet it is a new commandment that I write to you, one that is true in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. |
| 1 John 2:9 | The one who claims to be in the light but goes on hating his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) brother is still in the darkness. |
| 1 John 2:10 | The one who loves his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) brother is living in the light and in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) there is no cause for stumbling. |
| 1 John 2:11 | But the one who hates his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) brother is in the darkness; he walks in the darkness and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) eyes. |
| 1 John 2:12 | I am writing to you, my children, because your sins are forgiven on account of his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) name. |
| 1 John 2:15 | Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd). |
| 1 John 2:17 | The world is passing away with all its (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) desires, but the one who does the will of God remains forever. |
| 1 John 2:21 | I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it (autēn | αὐτήν | acc sg fem3rd) and because no lie comes from the truth. |
| 1 John 2:25 | And this is the promise that he (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) made to us — eternal life. |
| 1 John 2:27 | But the anointing you received from him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) abides in you, and you have no need that anyone teach you. But as his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and not a lie, just as it has taught you, abide in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd). |
| 1 John 2:28 | And now, dear children, abide in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), so that when he appears we may have confidence and not be put to shame in his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) presence when he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) comes. |
| 1 John 2:29 | If you know that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd). |
| 1 John 3:1 | See what great love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God — and so we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd). |
| 1 John 3:2 | Dear friends, at the present time we are children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we will be. But we do know that when he is revealed we will be like him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), because we will see him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) just as he is. |
| 1 John 3:3 | And everyone who has this hope in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) purifies himself, just as he is pure. |
| 1 John 3:5 | And you know that he appeared to take away our sins, and that there is no sin in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd). |
| 1 John 3:6 | No one who abides in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) keeps on sinning; no one who continues to sin has either seen him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) or known him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd). |
| 1 John 3:9 | No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, because God’s (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) seed abides in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd). He cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. |
| 1 John 3:10 | By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) brother. |
| 1 John 3:12 | We are not to be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) brother. And why did he murder him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd)? Because his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) own (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) deeds were evil and those of his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) brother were righteous. |
| 1 John 3:15 | Everyone who hates his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd). |
| 1 John 3:16 | By this we have come to know love: that he laid down his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) life on our behalf. And we are obligated to lay down our lives for the brothers. |
| 1 John 3:17 | But whoever has this world’s resources and sees his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) fellow Christian in need yet closes his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) heart against him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd), how does the love of God abide in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd)? |
| 1 John 3:19 | And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will set our conscience at rest in his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) presence, |
| 1 John 3:22 | and whatever we ask we receive from him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd), because we keep his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) commandments and do what is pleasing in his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) sight. |
| 1 John 3:23 | And this is his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) commandment: that we believe in the name of his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment. |
| 1 John 3:24 | And the one who keeps his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) commandments resides in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), and he (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) in him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd). And by this we know that he abides in us: by the Spirit whom he has given to us. |
Mnemonics
autos mnemonic
|Ow, Taws!| Mom, |he| hit |himself| with the |same| brick again!