For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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εἰς
Vocabulary form:
eijV
Definition:
into; in
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
1,767
GK:
1650
Cognates:
Eisegesis is poor hermeneutical practice because it reads a meaning into the text instead of drawing it out of (exegesis) the text.
Mnemonic Singing:
Changed from glory into glory,
'til in heaven we take our place.
Verse:
“Jesus was led by the Spirit εἰς the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” (Matt 4:1)
“Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized εἰς the Jordan River by John.” (Mark 1:9)
Notes:
In classical Greek, there was little overlap in meaning between εἰς ("into") and ἐν ("in"), but in Koine Greek there is more.
Biblical Concordance
| Galatians 1:6 | I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a different gospel — |
| Galatians 1:17 | nor did I go up to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Arabia and returned again to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Damascus. |
| Galatians 1:18 | Then after three years I went up to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days. |
| Galatians 1:21 | After that I went to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the regions of Syria and Cilicia. |
| Galatians 2:1 | Then after fourteen years I went up again to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along as well. |
| Galatians 2:2 | I went up in response to a revelation and laid out before them — though privately before the acknowledged leaders — the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, lest somehow I was running, or had run, in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) vain. |
| Galatians 2:8 | (for the one who empowered Peter for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for mine to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the Gentiles) |
| Galatians 2:9 | and when James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the Gentiles and they to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the circumcised. |
| Galatians 2:11 | But when Cephas came to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. |
| Galatians 2:16 | yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by doing the works of the law, since no one will be justified by the works of the law. |
| Galatians 3:6 | Consider Abraham: “He believed God, and it was reckoned to him as (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) righteousness.” |
| Galatians 3:14 | in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. |
| Galatians 3:17 | What I am saying is this: the law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, does not annul a covenant previously established by God, so as (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) to make the promise void. |
| Galatians 3:23 | Now before faith came, we were held in custody under the law, imprisoned until (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the coming faith would be revealed. |
| Galatians 3:24 | Thus the law was our disciplinarian until (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the time of Christ, so that we might be declared righteous by faith. |
| Galatians 3:27 | For as many of you as were baptized into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. |
| Galatians 4:6 | And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) our hearts, who cries out “Abba! Father!” |
| Galatians 4:11 | I am afraid that I may have labored over (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) you to no avail. |
| Galatians 4:24 | This may be interpreted allegorically, for these women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to be (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) slaves; she is Hagar. |
| Galatians 5:10 | I am confident about (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) you in the Lord that you will not think otherwise. But the one who is trying to confuse you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be. |
| Galatians 5:13 | For you, brothers, were called to freedom. Only do not use your freedom as (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. |
| Galatians 6:4 | But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) himself alone, and not in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) comparison with someone else. |
| Galatians 6:8 | For the one who sows to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) his own flesh, from the flesh will reap corruption; but the one who sows to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. |
| Ephesians 1:5 | he predestined us for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) adoption as (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) his own sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, |
| Ephesians 1:6 | to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the praise of his glorious grace with which he has highly favored us in the Beloved. |
| Ephesians 1:8 | which he lavished on (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) us in all wisdom and insight. |
| Ephesians 1:10 | as (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a plan for the fullness of time, to bring everything together in Christ, things in heaven and things on earth. |
| Ephesians 1:12 | so that (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) we, who have already set our hope in Christ, might be for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the praise of his glory. |
| Ephesians 1:14 | which is the guarantee of our inheritance vouching for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) God’s redemption of his possession, to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the praise of his glory. |
| Ephesians 1:15 | For this reason, having heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and the love you extend to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) all the saints, |
| Ephesians 1:18 | I pray that (eis | εἰς | prep-acc), with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may comprehend the hope to which he has called you, what are the rich benefits of his glorious inheritance among the saints, |
| Ephesians 1:19 | and what is the incomparable greatness of his power available for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) us who believe, according to the exercise of his mighty strength, |
| Ephesians 2:15 | the law of commandments and regulations, so as to create in himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, |
| Ephesians 2:21 | in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a holy temple in the Lord, |
| Ephesians 2:22 | in whom you also are being built together into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. |
| Ephesians 3:2 | assuming that you have heard about the stewardship of the grace of God that was given to me for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) you, |
| Ephesians 3:16 | in order that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) your inner being, |
| Ephesians 3:19 | and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) all the fullness of God. |
| Ephesians 3:21 | to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) all generations, forever and ever! Amen. |
| Ephesians 4:8 | Therefore it says, “When he ascended on (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) high he led a host of prisoners captive; he gave gifts to men.” |
| Ephesians 4:9 | Now the expression “he ascended,” what does it imply except that he also descended to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the lower regions, to the earth? |
| Ephesians 4:12 | to equip the saints for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the work of ministry, to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) build up the body of Christ, |
| Ephesians 4:13 | until we all attain to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) mature adulthood, to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, |
| Ephesians 4:15 | but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in every way into (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) him who is the head, Christ, |
| Ephesians 4:16 | from whom the whole body, joined and brought together by every supporting ligament, according to the working of each individual part, makes the body grow so (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) that it builds itself up in love. |
| Ephesians 4:19 | Having lost all feeling of shame, they have given themselves over to debauchery for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the practice of every kind of impurity with covetousness. |
| Ephesians 4:30 | And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) the day of redemption. |
| Ephesians 4:32 | Instead, be kind to (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you. |
| Ephesians 5:2 | and live in love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself for us as (eis | εἰς | prep-acc) a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. |
| Ephesians 5:31 | “For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” |
Mnemonics
The ACE went INTO the pile
The ACE went INTO the pile
The ACE went IN the pile
The ACE was AMONG the pile