For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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γάρ
Vocabulary form:
gavr
Definition:
for; then
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
1,041
GK:
1142
Mnemonic Singing:
For the beauty of the earth,
for the glory of the skies
Verse:
“I am not ashamed of the gospel … γάρ in it the righteousness of God is revealed.” (Rom 1:16,17)
“Why γάρ should my liberty be determined by the conscience of another?” (1 Cor 10:29)
Notes:
Postpositive
Biblical Concordance
| 2 Corinthians 11:19 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) gladly you put up with fools, since you are so wise! |
| 2 Corinthians 11:20 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) you put up with it if anyone enslaves you, if anyone exploits you, if anyone takes advantage of you, if anyone puts on airs, if anyone strikes you in the face. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:6 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) even if I should choose to boast, I would not be foolish, because (gar | γάρ | conj) I would be telling the truth. But I refrain from this, so that no one will give credit to me beyond what he sees in me or he hears from me, |
| 2 Corinthians 12:9 | But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for (gar | γάρ | conj) my power is fulfilled in weakness.” Therefore I will most gladly boast in my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may dwell in me. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:10 | For this reason I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with hardships, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ; for (gar | γάρ | conj) whenever I am weak, then I am strong. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:11 | I am acting like a fool, but you drove me to it. I ought to be commended by you, for (gar | γάρ | conj) in no way am I inferior to the “super-apostles” — even though I am nothing. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:13 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) in what way were you less favored than the rest of the churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice! |
| 2 Corinthians 12:14 | Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden, because (gar | γάρ | conj) I am not seeking what you have, but you. For (gar | γάρ | conj) children ought not save up for their parents, but the parents for the children. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:20 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I would wish, and that I may be found by you not as you would wish; perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, flaring anger, selfish ambition, backbiting, gossiping, conceit, disorder. |
| 2 Corinthians 13:4 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) indeed he was crucified in weakness, but he lives by the power of God. For (gar | γάρ | conj) indeed we are weak in him, but we will live with him by the power of God toward you. |
| 2 Corinthians 13:8 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. |
| 2 Corinthians 13:9 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong. And this is what we pray for, your Christian maturity. |
| Galatians 1:10 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. |
| Galatians 1:11 | I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel preached by me is not of human origin. |
| Galatians 1:12 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it; instead I received it by a revelation from Jesus Christ. |
| Galatians 1:13 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how intensely I used to persecute the church of God and was trying to destroy it. |
| Galatians 2:6 | But from those who were supposed to be acknowledged leaders (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality) — those leaders contributed nothing to me. |
| Galatians 2:8 | (for (gar | γάρ | conj) the one who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for mine to the Gentiles) |
| Galatians 2:12 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) until certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself because he feared those of the circumcision party. |
| Galatians 2:18 | But (gar | γάρ | conj) if I build up again those things I once tore down, then I demonstrate that I am a lawbreaker. |
| Galatians 2:19 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ; |
| Galatians 2:21 | I do not nullify the grace of God; for (gar | γάρ | conj) if righteousness could be gained through the law, then Christ died for nothing! |
| Galatians 3:10 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for (gar | γάρ | conj) it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things written in the book of the law, to do them.” |
| Galatians 3:18 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) if the inheritance is based on law, it is no longer based on a promise; but God gave it to Abraham through a promise. |
| Galatians 3:21 | Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For (gar | γάρ | conj) if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. |
| Galatians 3:26 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. |
| Galatians 3:27 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) as many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. |
| Galatians 3:28 | Now there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female; for (gar | γάρ | conj) you are all one in Christ Jesus. |
| Galatians 4:15 | What then became of the blessing you enjoyed? For (gar | γάρ | conj) I testify about you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me! |
| Galatians 4:22 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman. |
| Galatians 4:24 | This may be interpreted allegorically, for (gar | γάρ | conj) these women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to be slaves; she is Hagar. |
| Galatians 4:25 | Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for (gar | γάρ | conj) she is in slavery with her children. |
| Galatians 4:27 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) it is written, “Rejoice, O barren woman, you who bear no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in the pain of childbirth! For the children of the desolate will be more in number than those of the woman who has a husband. |
| Galatians 4:30 | But what does the Scripture say? “Drive away the slave woman and her son, for (gar | γάρ | conj) the son of the slave woman must not share the inheritance with the son of the free woman.” |
| Galatians 5:5 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) we by the Spirit, through faith, eagerly await the righteousness for which we hope. |
| Galatians 5:6 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith expressing itself through love. |
| Galatians 5:13 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) you, brothers, were called to freedom. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. |
| Galatians 5:14 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) the entire law is summed up in a single command: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” |
| Galatians 5:17 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh; for (gar | γάρ | conj) these are opposed to one another, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. |
| Galatians 6:3 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. |
| Galatians 6:5 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) each one will bear his own load. |
| Galatians 6:7 | Do not be deceived: God is not mocked. For (gar | γάρ | conj) whatever a person sows, that will he also reap. |
| Galatians 6:9 | So let us not grow tired of doing what is right, for (gar | γάρ | conj) in due time we will reap, if we do not give up. |
| Galatians 6:13 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) even those who are circumcised do not themselves keep the law, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast in your flesh. |
| Galatians 6:15 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything, but a new creation. |
| Galatians 6:17 | From now on let no one cause me trouble, for (gar | γάρ | conj) I bear the marks of Jesus on my body. |
| Ephesians 2:8 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; |
| Ephesians 2:10 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) we are his work, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared in advance that we should do them. |
| Ephesians 2:14 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) he is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down the dividing wall, having abolished in his flesh the hostility, |
| Ephesians 5:5 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) you may sure of this, that no fornicator or impure or covetous person (such a one is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. |
Mnemonics
Suggested Mnemonic Device
Gar "For"man is the General Manager of the Chicago Bulls.
Mnemonic for "gar"
"Please buy a vase FOR the GARdenia!
gar mnemonic
FOR if you GUARd the GARden, THEN you will reap much fruit.
Darfur - gar for
Darfur - gar for