For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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μέν
Vocabulary form:
mevn
Definition:
on the one hand, indeed
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
179
GK:
3525
Mnemonics:
Men's hands
Notes:
Postpositive. Sometimes this word is untranslatable. It can occur as a correlative conjunction with dev. In this case you can translate mevn ... dev as "on the one hand ... but on the other."
Biblical Concordance
| Romans 8:10 | But if Christ is in you, although (men | μέν | particle) the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. |
| Romans 8:17 | and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him. |
| Romans 9:21 | Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay some pottery for a special occasion and other for common use? |
| Romans 10:1 | Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. |
| Romans 11:13 | I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry, |
| Romans 11:22 | Consider therefore the kindness and the severity of God — severity to those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off. |
| Romans 11:28 | In regard to the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but in regard to election they are dearly loved for the sake of their forefathers. |
| Romans 14:2 | One person believes there is nothing he may not eat, while the weak brother eats only vegetables. |
| Romans 14:5 | one person regards one day more sacred than another, while another person regards all days the same. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. |
| Romans 14:20 | Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. All food is indeed (men | μέν | particle) clean, but it is wrong to cause another to stumble by what you eat. |
| 1 Corinthians 1:12 | What I mean is this: each of you is saying, “I am with Paul,” or, “I am with Apollos,” or, “I am with Cephas,” or, “I am with Christ.” |
| 1 Corinthians 1:18 | For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 1:23 | but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:15 | But the spiritual person discerns all things, and is not himself subject to anyone’s scrutiny. |
| 1 Corinthians 3:4 | For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not like everyone else? |
| 1 Corinthians 5:3 | For though I am absent in body, I am present in spirit; and I have already passed judgment on the one who did this, just as though I were present. |
| 1 Corinthians 6:4 | So if you have ordinary cases, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church? |
| 1 Corinthians 6:7 | Already it is altogether a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded? |
| 1 Corinthians 7:7 | I wish that all men were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. |
| 1 Corinthians 9:24 | Do you not know that all who run in the stadium compete but only one receives the prize? So run that you may win. |
| 1 Corinthians 9:25 | Everyone who competes exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we for an imperishable one. |
| 1 Corinthians 11:7 | For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man. |
| 1 Corinthians 11:14 | Does not nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him, |
| 1 Corinthians 11:18 | For in the first place, I hear that when you gather as a church there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it, |
| 1 Corinthians 11:21 | For when it comes time to eat, each one goes ahead with his own supper; and one remains hungry while another becomes drunk. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:8 | For to one is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge according to the same Spirit, |
| 1 Corinthians 12:20 | But as it is, there are many members, but one body. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:28 | And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, those able to help others, those who can provide guidance, and various kinds of tongues. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:17 | For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not being edified. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:39 | Not all flesh is the same; people have one kind, animals another, birds another, fish another. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:40 | And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; but the glory of heavenly bodies is of one kind and the glory of earthly bodies is of another. |
| 2 Corinthians 2:16 | we are a deadly fume that kills, but to the former we are a life-giving fragrance that brings life. And who is adequate for ministry like this? |
| 2 Corinthians 8:17 | because he not (men | μέν | particle) only (men | μέν | particle) accepted our request, but being very eager and acting on his own initiative, he is on his way to you. |
| 2 Corinthians 9:1 | Now concerning the service to the saints, there is no necessity for me to write to you, |
| 2 Corinthians 10:1 | Now I, Paul myself, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ — I who when present am “timid” among you, but when away am “bold” toward you. |
| 2 Corinthians 10:10 | For some are saying, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak, and his rhetoric amounts to nothing.” |
| 2 Corinthians 11:4 | For if one comes and proclaims a different Jesus whom we did not proclaim, or if you welcome a different spirit which you did not welcome, or a different gospel which you did not welcome, you put up with it easily. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:1 | It is necessary for me to continue boasting. Though (men | μέν | particle) it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:12 | The marks of an apostle were done among you with all persistence, along with signs and wonders and powerful deeds. |
| Galatians 4:8 | Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those who by nature are not gods. |
| Galatians 4:23 | The son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born as the result of promise. |
| Galatians 4:24 | This may be interpreted allegorically, for these women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to be slaves; she is Hagar. |
| Ephesians 4:11 | And it was he who gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, |
| Philippians 1:15 | To (men | μέν | particle) be (men | μέν | particle) sure (men | μέν | particle), some are proclaiming Christ out of envy and strife, but others out of goodwill. |
| Philippians 1:16 | The latter (men | μέν | particle) do it out of love, knowing that I am here for the defense of the gospel. |
| Philippians 2:23 | Therefore I hope to send him just as soon as I see how things will turn out for me; |
| Philippians 3:1 | Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again to you is no trouble for me, and it is a safeguard for you. |
| Philippians 3:13 | Brothers, I do not consider to have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching out to what lies ahead, |
| Colossians 2:23 | Such regulations indeed (men | μέν | particle) have the appearance of wisdom with their self-imposed religious piety, false humility, and harsh control over the body, but they actually lead to the gratification of the flesh. |
| 1 Thessalonians 2:18 | For we wanted to come to you — I, Paul, time and again — but Satan hindered us. |
Mnemonics
"indeed", most μέν wear
"indeed", most μέν wear watches "on the one hand"