For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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πρός
Vocabulary form:
provV
Definition:
acc: to, towards, with
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
700
GK:
4639
Cognates:
A proselyte (proshvlutoV) is a person who has come over to another religion.
Mnemonics:
I've taken up my cross and will go with Jesus.
Mnemonic Singing:
Joy to the world the Lord is come,
let earth receive her king.
Biblical Concordance
| Acts 24:16 | In view of this I do my best to have a clear conscience toward (pros | πρός | prep-acc) God and men at all times. |
| Acts 24:19 | But there are some Jews from Asia who ought to be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything against (pros | πρός | prep-acc) me. |
| Acts 25:16 | I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to turn anyone over before the accused has met the accusers face to face and had an opportunity to make his defense against the charge. |
| Acts 25:19 | but had certain questions about their own religion to put to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul claimed to be alive. |
| Acts 25:21 | But when Paul had appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of the emperor, I ordered him to be held until I could send him to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) Caesar.” |
| Acts 25:22 | Then Agrippa said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) Festus, “I too would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” said he, “you will hear him.” |
| Acts 26:1 | So Agrippa said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began to make his defense: |
| Acts 26:9 | I thought to myself that I ought to do many deeds hostile to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the name of Jesus of Nazareth. |
| Acts 26:14 | And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the goads.’ |
| Acts 26:26 | For the king knows about these matters, and to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him I am speaking boldly, for I am persuaded that none of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner. |
| Acts 26:28 | Then Agrippa said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) Paul, “In too short a time you believe you are making a Christian of me.” |
| Acts 26:31 | and after they had left the room, they spoke to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) one another, saying, “This man is doing nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.” |
| Acts 27:3 | The next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to go to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) his friends and be cared for. |
| Acts 27:12 | And since the harbor was unsuitable to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) winter in, the majority made a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they might be able to reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing both southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there. |
| Acts 27:34 | Therefore I urge you to take some food; for this is for (pros | πρός | prep-gen) your survival, for not a hair will perish from the head of any of you.” |
| Acts 28:4 | When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) each other, “Certainly this man is a murderer, and though he has escaped from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live.” |
| Acts 28:8 | It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with bouts of fever and with dysentery. Paul visited him, and when he had prayed, he laid his hands on him and healed him. |
| Acts 28:10 | They also honored us with many honors, and when we were getting ready to sail, they put on (pros | πρός | prep-acc) board whatever we needed. |
| Acts 28:17 | And it happened that after three days Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. And when they gathered, he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them: “My brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. |
| Acts 28:21 | And they said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or spoken any bad about you. |
| Acts 28:23 | When they had arranged a day to meet with him, many came to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him at his lodging, and he expounded to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning till evening. |
| Acts 28:25 | And not being in harmony among (pros | πρός | prep-acc) themselves, they departed after Paul made one further statement. “The Holy Spirit was right in saying to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) your fathers through Isaiah the prophet: |
| Acts 28:26 | “‘Go to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) this people, and say, “You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive”; |
| Acts 28:30 | Paul lived there two whole years in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, |
| Romans 1:10 | always in my prayers, asking if perhaps now at last I may be able, by the will of God, to visit you. |
| Romans 1:13 | I want you to know, brethren, that I often intended to come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you (but have been prevented until now) so that I might have some fruit among you, just as among the rest of the Gentiles. |
| Romans 3:26 | It was also to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. |
| Romans 4:2 | For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about (but not before (pros | πρός | prep-acc) God). |
| Romans 5:1 | Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) God through our Lord Jesus Christ, |
| Romans 8:18 | For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the glory that will be revealed to us. |
| Romans 8:31 | What then shall we say in response to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? |
| Romans 10:1 | Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. |
| Romans 10:21 | But concerning (pros | πρός | prep-acc) Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) a disobedient and argumentative people.” |
| Romans 15:2 | Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) build him up. |
| Romans 15:17 | In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to boast of my work for (pros | πρός | prep-acc) God. |
| Romans 15:22 | This is why on so many occasions I was kept from coming to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you; |
| Romans 15:23 | but now I no longer have a reason for remaining in these regions, and for many years I have desired to come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) visit you. |
| Romans 15:29 | And I know that when I come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you, I will come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ. |
| Romans 15:30 | Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in fervent prayer to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) God on my behalf, |
| Romans 15:32 | so that by God’s will I may come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you with joy and be refreshed in your company. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:1 | When I came to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you, brothers, I did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom as I told you about the secret purpose of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:3 | So I came to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. |
| 1 Corinthians 4:18 | Some have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you. |
| 1 Corinthians 4:19 | But I will come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the speech of these arrogant people but their power. |
| 1 Corinthians 4:21 | What would you prefer? Shall I come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you with a rod of correction or with love in a spirit of gentleness? |
| 1 Corinthians 6:1 | When any of you has a legal dispute against (pros | πρός | prep-acc) another, how dare he go to law before heathen judges and not before the saints? |
| 1 Corinthians 6:5 | I say this to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between his brothers, |
| 1 Corinthians 7:5 | Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for (pros | πρός | prep-acc) a set time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer; then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:35 | I am saying this for (pros | πρός | prep-acc) your benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but to promote (pros | πρός | prep-acc) propriety and undivided devotion to the Lord. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:11 | Now these events happened to them as examples, but were written down as warnings for (pros | πρός | prep-acc) us, on whom the end of the ages has come. |
Mnemonics
Proost! is a toast in Dutch
Proost! is a toast in Dutch that means TO your health.
I fell PROSstrate TOWARDs the
I fell PROSstrate TOWARDs the king.