Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

ἐν

Vocabulary form: 
ejn
Definition: 

in, on, among

Frequency: 
2,752
GK: 
1877
Mnemonic Singing: 

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed

Verse: 

“Jesus was born ἐν Bethlehem of Judea.” (Matt 2:1)

“They love to pray standing in synagogues and ἐν street corners.” (Matt 6:5)

“Whoever would be great ἐν you must be your servant.” (Matt 20:26)

Biblical Concordance

2 Peter 1:12 Therefore I intend to keep on reminding you of these things, even though you know them and are established in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) the truth that you now have.
2 Peter 1:13 Indeed, I consider it the right thing to do, as long as I am in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) this body, to keep refreshing your memory,
2 Peter 1:18 We ourselves heard this voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on (en | ἐν | prep-dat) the holy mountain.
2 Peter 1:19 Moreover, we hold the prophetic word to be reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it as you would to a lamp shining in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) a gloomy place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) your hearts.
2 Peter 2:1 But there were also false prophets among (en | ἐν | prep-dat) the people, just as there will be false teachers among (en | ἐν | prep-dat) you, who will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
2 Peter 2:3 And in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) their greed they will exploit you with their fabricated stories. Their condemnation has not from ancient times been idle, nor has their destruction been sleeping.
2 Peter 2:7 and rescued the righteous man Lot, who was distressed by the immoral lifestyle of lawless men
2 Peter 2:8 (for while that righteous man was living among (en | ἐν | prep-dat) them day after day, he was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds that he saw and heard);
2 Peter 2:10 especially those who in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) polluting lust indulge the flesh and despise authority. These bold and insolent people are not afraid to slander the glorious ones,
2 Peter 2:12 But these people, like irrational animals, born creatures of instinct to be captured and destroyed, are ignorant of (en | ἐν | prep-dat) those whom they slander, and in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) their destruction will themselves also be destroyed,
2 Peter 2:13 suffering harm as the reward for the harm they have done. They consider indulgence in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) the daytime a pleasure. They are spots and blemishes, reveling in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) their deceitful pleasures while they feast with you.
2 Peter 2:16 But he was rebuked for his own transgression — a dumb donkey, speaking with (en | ἐν | prep-dat) the voice of a man, restrained the madness of the prophet.
2 Peter 2:18 For by speaking pompous words of vanity, they entice, by (en | ἐν | prep-dat) lusts of the flesh and debauchery, those who are just escaping from those who are living in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) error.
2 Peter 2:20 For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world through (en | ἐν | prep-dat) the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become for them worse than the first.
2 Peter 3:1 This, dear friends, is now the second letter I have written to you (in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) both of them I have been trying to arouse your pure minds with (en | ἐν | prep-dat) a reminder)
2 Peter 3:3 Above all you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come with (en | ἐν | prep-dat) scoffing, following their own lusts
2 Peter 3:10 But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief, in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, the elements will melt in the intense heat, and the earth and the works in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) it will be exposed.
2 Peter 3:11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what kind of people ought you to be in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) holy conduct and godliness,
2 Peter 3:13 But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) which righteousness will be at home.
2 Peter 3:14 So then, dear friends, since you await these things, strive to be found without spot or blemish, at (en | ἐν | prep-dat) peace in him.
2 Peter 3:16 as he does in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) all his letters, speaking in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) them of these matters, in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) which are some things hard to understand, things that the ignorant and unstable distort to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures.
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and in the eternal day. Amen.
1 John 1:5 Now this is the message that we have heard from him and are proclaiming to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) him.
1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him but continue to walk in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) darkness, we lie and are not putting the truth into practice.
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) the light, as he is in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
1 John 1:8 If we say that we are without sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) us.
1 John 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) us.
1 John 2:3 Now this is how (en | ἐν | prep-dat) we can be sure that we know God: if we keep his commandments.
1 John 2:4 The one who says, “I know God,” yet does not keep his commandments, is a liar and the truth is not in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) him.
1 John 2:5 But whoever keeps his word, truly in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) that person is the love of God brought to fulfillment. This is how (en | ἐν | prep-dat) we can be sure that we are in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) him:
1 John 2:6 the one who claims to abide in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) God ought to walk just as Jesus walked.
1 John 2:8 Yet it is a new commandment that I write to you, one that is true in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) him and in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
1 John 2:9 The one who claims to be in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) the light but goes on hating his brother is still in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) the darkness.
1 John 2:10 The one who loves his brother is living in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) the light and in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) him there is no cause for stumbling.
1 John 2:11 But the one who hates his brother is in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) the darkness; he walks in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) the darkness and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
1 John 2:14 I have written to you, my children, because you know the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) you, and you have overcome the evil one.
1 John 2:15 Do not love the world or the things in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) him.
1 John 2:16 For all that is in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) the world — the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride of possession — is not from the Father but from the world.
1 John 2:24 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) you, then you will abide in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) the Son and in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) the Father.
1 John 2:27 But the anointing you received from him abides in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) you, and you have no need that anyone teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and not a lie, just as it has taught you, abide in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) him.
1 John 2:28 And now, dear children, abide in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not be put to shame in his presence when (en | ἐν | prep-dat) he comes.
1 John 3:5 And you know that he appeared to take away our sins, and that there is no sin in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) him.
1 John 3:6 No one who abides in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) him keeps on sinning; no one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.
1 John 3:9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, because God’s seed abides in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) him. He cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.
1 John 3:10 By (en | ἐν | prep-dat) this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
1 John 3:14 We know that we have crossed over from death to life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love remains in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) the realm of death.
1 John 3:15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) him.
1 John 3:16 By (en | ἐν | prep-dat) this we have come to know love: that he laid down his life on our behalf. And we are obligated to lay down our lives for the brothers.
1 John 3:17 But whoever has this world’s resources and sees his fellow Christian in need yet closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) him?
1 John 3:18 Little children, let us love, not in word or speech but in (en | ἐν | prep-dat) action and truth.

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