οὐ
ou
οὐ, before a vowel with smooth breathing οὐκ, before one with rough breathing οὐχ (but improperly οὐχ ἰδού, Act.2:7, WH, mg.; cf. WH, Intr., §409; M, Pr., 44, 244),
[in LXX for אֵין ,אַיִן ,לֹא ;]
neg. particle,
not, no, used generally with indic, and for a denial of fact (cf . μή);
1. absol. (accented), οὔ, no: Mat.13:29 Jhn.1:21 21:5; οὒ οὕ, Mat.5:37 Jas.5:12.
2. Most frequently negativing a verb or other word, Mat.1:25 10:26, 38, Mrk.3:25 9:37, Jhn.8:29, Act.7:5, Rom.1:16, Php.3:3, al.; in litotes, οὐκ ὀλίγοι (i.e. very many), Act.17:4, al.; οὐκ ἄσημος, Act.21:39; πᾶς . . . οὐ, with verb, (like Heb. כֹּל . . . לֹא), no, none, Mat.24:22, Mrk.13:20, Luk.1:37, Eph.5:5, al.; in disjunctive statements, οὐκ . . . ἀλλά, Luk.8:52 Jhn.1:33 Rom.8:2o, al.; with 2 of person(s) fut. (like Heb. לֹא, with impf.), as emphatic prohibition, Mat.4:7, Luk.4:12, Rom.7:7, al.
3. With another negative,
(a) strengthening the negation: Mrk.5:37, Jhn.8:15 12:19, Act.8:39, al.;
(b) making an affirmative: Act.4:20, 1Co.12:15.
4. With other particles: οὐ μή (see: μή); οὐ μηκέτι, Mat.21:19; with μή interrog., Rom.10:18, 1Co.9:4, 5 11:22.
5. Interrogative, expecting an affirmative answer (Lat. nonne): Mat.6:26, Mrk.4:21, Luk.11:40, Jhn.4:35, Rom.9:21, al.
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Concordance 1,403 verses
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We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
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And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
- 1 Corinthians 2:14 οὐοὐ
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
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I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
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For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
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Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
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My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
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For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
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I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
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Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
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But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.
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For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
- 1 Corinthians 5:6 Οὐοὐκ
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
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I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.
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Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
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Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!
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I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 οὐκοὐ
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
- 1 Corinthians 6:10 οὐοὐοὐχ
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
- 1 Corinthians 6:12 οὐοὐκ
“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.
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“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
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Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
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Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
- 1 Corinthians 6:19 οὐκοὐκ
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
- 1 Corinthians 7:4 οὐκοὐκ
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
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I say this as a concession, not as a command.
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But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
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To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
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To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
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But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.
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Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
- 1 Corinthians 7:28 οὐχοὐχ
But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
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I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.
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However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.
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But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
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But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
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Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.
- 1 Corinthians 9:1 Οὐκοὐκοὐ
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?
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Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
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Have we no right to food and to drink?
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Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
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Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
- 1 Corinthians 9:7 οὐκοὐκ
Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
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Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
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For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?
- 1 Corinthians 9:12 οὐοὐκ
If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
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Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
- 1 Corinthians 9:15 οὐοὐκ
But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.
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Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
