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
| Hebrews 3:14 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) we have become partners of Christ, if in fact we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end. |
| Hebrews 3:16 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not really all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses? |
| Hebrews 4:2 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) we also had good news proclaimed to us just as they did; but the word they heard did not benefit those who were not united with those who listened in faith |
| Hebrews 4:3 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) we who have believed do enter that rest, just as God has said, “As I swore in my anger, ‘They shall certainly not enter my rest,’” and yet his work has been completed since the foundation of the world |
| Hebrews 4:4 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) somewhere he has spoken of the seventh day in this manner: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.” |
| Hebrews 4:8 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another time after that. |
| Hebrews 4:10 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) the one who enters God’s rest has also rested from his works, as God did from his. |
| Hebrews 4:12 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) the word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through so as to divide soul from spirit, joints from marrow. It is even able to discern the thoughts and deliberations of the heart. |
| Hebrews 4:15 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) we do not have a high priest who is unable to feel our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are — yet without sin. |
| Hebrews 5:1 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) every high priest, being chosen from among men, is appointed on behalf of men to represent them in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. |
| Hebrews 5:12 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic elements of God’s revelation. You have become people needing milk, not solid food; |
| Hebrews 5:13 | for (gar | γάρ | conj) everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced with the teaching about righteousness, since (gar | γάρ | conj) he is still a child. |
| Hebrews 6:4 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) it is impossible when those who have once been enlightened and have tasted the heavenly gift and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit |
| Hebrews 6:7 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) the field that soaks up the frequent rain that falls on it and yields a crop useful for those for whom it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. |
| Hebrews 6:10 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his cause, when you served and continue to serve fellow believers. |
| Hebrews 6:13 | When God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, |
| Hebrews 6:16 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) people swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts to an end all dispute. |
| Hebrews 7:1 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, |
| Hebrews 7:10 | for (gar | γάρ | conj) he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met Abraham. |
| Hebrews 7:11 | If, then, perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for (gar | γάρ | conj) under it the people had received the law), what further need would there have been for another kind of priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, rather than one designated after the order of Aaron? |
| Hebrews 7:12 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) whenever the priesthood is altered, there is necessarily an alteration in the law as well. |
| Hebrews 7:13 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) the one of whom these things are said belongs to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar. |
| Hebrews 7:14 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) it is perfectly clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. |
| Hebrews 7:17 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) it is attested of him, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.” |
| Hebrews 7:18 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) there is an annulment of a former commandment because of its weakness and uselessness |
| Hebrews 7:19 | (for (gar | γάρ | conj) the law made nothing perfect); but the introduction of a better hope through which we draw near to God. |
| Hebrews 7:20 | And since this was not done without an oath (for (gar | γάρ | conj) others have become priests without an oath, |
| Hebrews 7:26 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) such a high priest was appropriate for us, one who is holy, innocent, undefiled; having been separated from sinners, he became exalted above the heavens. |
| Hebrews 7:27 | He has no need to offer up daily sacrifices, like those other high priests, first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, for (gar | γάρ | conj) this he did once for all when he offered up himself. |
| Hebrews 7:28 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) the law appoints men as high priests who have weaknesses, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints the Son who has been made perfect forever. |
| Hebrews 8:3 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it was necessary for this high priest also to have something to offer. |
| Hebrews 8:5 | The place where they serve is a shadowy suggestion of the heavenly sanctuary, just as Moses was warned by God when he was about to erect the tabernacle; for (gar | γάρ | conj) he said, “See that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” |
| Hebrews 8:7 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) if that first covenant had been blameless, then no occasion would have been sought for a second. |
| Hebrews 8:8 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) finding fault, God says to them, “Behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. |
| Hebrews 9:2 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) a tent was set up. The outer room, in which were the lampstand and the table and the consecrated bread, was called “the Holy Place.” |
| Hebrews 9:13 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkled ashes of a heifer, sanctify those who have been ceremonially defiled so that their flesh is purified, |
| Hebrews 9:16 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) where there is a covenant, it is required that the death of the one who made it be established. |
| Hebrews 9:17 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) a will takes effect only when a person has died; it cannot possibly be valid so long as the one who made it is still alive. |
| Hebrews 9:19 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, taking the blood of calves and goats together with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, |
| Hebrews 9:24 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands, that was a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. |
| Hebrews 10:1 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) since the law is but a shadow of the good things to come and not the actual form of those realities, it can never perfect those who draw near by the same sacrifices which they offer continuously year after year. |
| Hebrews 10:4 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. |
| Hebrews 10:14 | because (gar | γάρ | conj) by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being made holy. |
| Hebrews 10:15 | And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for (gar | γάρ | conj) after saying, |
| Hebrews 10:23 | Let us continue to hold fast the hope that we confess without wavering, for (gar | γάρ | conj) the one who made the promise is faithful. |
| Hebrews 10:26 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) if we deliberately persist in sin after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins, |
| Hebrews 10:30 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) we know the one who said, “Vengeance belongs to me, I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” |
| Hebrews 10:34 | for (gar | γάρ | conj) in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and with joy accepted the confiscation of your belongings, since you knew that you yourselves had a better and lasting possession. |
| Hebrews 10:36 | You have need of endurance, then (gar | γάρ | conj), so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. |
| Hebrews 10:37 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) “just a little longer, the one who is coming will arrive; he will not delay. |
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
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