δέ
de
δέ (before vowels δ᾽; on the general neglect of the elision in NT, see WH, App., 146; Tdf., Pr., 96),
post-positive conjunctive particle;
1. copulative, but, in the next place, and, now (Abbott, JG, 104): Mat.1:2ff., 2Co.6:15, 16, 2Pe.1:5-7; in repetition for emphasis, Rom.3:21, 22, 9:30, 1Co.2:6, Gal.2:2, Php.2:8; in transition to something new, Mat.1:18, 2:19, Luk.13:1, Jhn.7:14, Act.6:1, Rom.8:28, 1Co.7:1 8:1, al.; in explanatory parenthesis or addition, Jhn.3:19, Rom.5:8, 1Co.1:12, Eph.2:4, 5:32, al.; ὡς δέ, Jhn.2:9; καὶ . . . δέ, but also, Mat.10:18, Luk.1:76, Jhn.6:51, Rom.11:23, al.; καὶ ἐὰν δέ, yea even if, Jhn.8:16.
2. Adversative, but, on the other hand, prop., answering to a foregoing μέν (which see), and distinguishing a word or clause from one preceding (in NT most frequently without μέν; Bl., §77, 12): ἐὰν δέ, Mat.6:14, 23, al.; ἐγὼ (σὺ, etc.) δέ, Mat.5:22, 6:6, Mrk.8:29, al.; ὁ δέ, αὐτὸς δέ, Mrk.1:45, Luk.4:40, al.; after a negation, Mat.6:19, 20, Rom.3:4, 1Th.5:21, al.
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Concordance 2,482 verses
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If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, just as I am.
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No one, then, should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he can return to me, for I am expecting him along with the brothers.
- 1 Corinthians 16:12 δὲδὲ
Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was not at all inclined to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.
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You know that Stephanas and his household were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brothers,
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I am glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you.
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If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.
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And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
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For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,
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But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
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Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
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I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
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Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.
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If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,
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Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
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But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
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To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?
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Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.
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And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
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Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,
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But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
- 2 Corinthians 3:17 δὲδὲ
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
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And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
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And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
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For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
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Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
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So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
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And in keeping with what is written: “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,
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So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
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And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.
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We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 5:11 δὲδὲ
Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.
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All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
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As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
- 2 Corinthians 6:10 δὲδὲ
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
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It is not our affection, but yours, that is restrained.
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As a fair exchange, I ask you as my children: Open wide your hearts also.
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What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
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What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
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and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.
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Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
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On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
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Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.
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Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.
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But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.
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For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.
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Along with Titus we are sending the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in the gospel.
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More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the offering —the gracious gift we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.
- 2 Corinthians 8:22 δὲδὲ
And we are sending along with them our brother whose earnestness has been proven many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.
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But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.
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Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
