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Lexicon :: Strong's G4253 - pro

Aa
πρό
Transliteration
pro (Key)
Pronunciation
pro
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Part of Speech
preposition
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary preposition
mGNT
47x in 1 unique form(s) TR
48x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
189x in 1 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

TDNT Reference: 6:683,935

Strong’s Definitions

πρό pró, pro; a primary preposition; "fore", i.e. in front of, prior (figuratively, superior) to:—above, ago, before, or ever.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x

The KJV translates Strong's G4253 in the following manner: before (44x), above (2x), above ... ago (1x), or ever (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x
The KJV translates Strong's G4253 in the following manner: before (44x), above (2x), above ... ago (1x), or ever (1x).

  1. before

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πρό pró, pro; a primary preposition; "fore", i.e. in front of, prior (figuratively, superior) to:—above, ago, before, or ever.
STRONGS G4253:
πρό, a preposition followed by the genitive (Latin pro) (from Homer down), the Sept. chiefly for לִפְנֵי, before; used
a. of place: πρό τῶν θυρῶν, τῆς θύρας, etc., Acts 5:23 R G; Acts 12:6,14; 14:13; James 5:9; by a Hebraism, πρό προσώπου with the genitive of a person before (the face of) one (who is following) (Buttmann, 319 (274)): Matthew 11:10; Mark 1:2; Luke 1:76; Luke 7:27; Luke 9:52; Luke 10:1 (Malachi 3:1; Zechariah 14:20; Deuteronomy 3:18).
b. of Time: πρό τούτων τῶν ἡμερῶν, Acts 5:36; Acts 21:38; (πρό τοῦ πάσχα, John 11:55); according to a later Greek idiom, πρό ἕξ ἡμερῶν τοῦ πάσχα, properly, before six days reckoning from the Passover, which is equivalent to ἕξ ἡμέρας πρό τοῦ πάσχα, on the sixth day before the Passover, John 12:1 (πρό δύο ἐτῶν τοῦ σεισμοῦ, Amos 1:1; πρό μιᾶς ἡμέρας τῆς Μαρδοχαϊκῆς ἡμέρας, 2 Macc. 15:36; examples from secular writings are cited by Winers Grammar, 557 (518); (cf. Buttmann, § 131, 11); from ecclesiastical writings by Hilgenfeld, Die Evangelien etc., pp. 298, 302; also his Paschastreit der alten Kirche, p. 221f; (cf. Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word πρό, 1 and 2)); (πρό τῆς ἑορτῆς, John 13:1); πρό καιροῦ, Matthew 8:29; 1 Corinthians 4:5; τῶν αἰώνων, 1 Corinthians 2:7; παντός τοῦ αἰῶνος, Jude 1:25 L T Tr WH; ἐτῶν δεκατεσσάρων, (fourteen years ago), 2 Corinthians 12:2; add, 2 Timothy 1:9; 2 Timothy 4:21; Titus 1:2; τοῦ ἀρίστου, Luke 11:38; κατακλυσμοῦ, Matthew 24:38; πρό τῆς μεταθέσεως, Hebrews 11:5; πρό καταβολῆς κόσμου, John 17:24; Ephesians 1:4; 1 Peter 1:20; πρό πάντων, prior to all created things, Colossians 1:17; (πρό τούτων πάντων (Rev. ἁπάντων), Luke 21:12); by a Hebraism, πρό προσώπου with the genitive of a thing is used of time for the simple πρό (Winers Grammar, § 65, 4b.; (Buttmann, 319 (274))), Acts 13:24 ((literally, before the face of his entering in)). πρό with the genitive of a person: John 5:7; John 10:8 (not Tdf.); Romans 16:7; οἱ πρό τίνος, those that existed before one, Matthew 5:12; with a predicate nominative added, Galatians 1:17. πρό with the genitive of an infinitive that has the article, Latin ante quam (before, before that) followed by a finite verb (Buttmann, § 140, 11; Winer's Grammar, 329 (309)): Matthew 6:8; Luke 2:21; Luke 22:15; John 1:48 (49); John 13:19; 17:5; Acts 23:15; Galatians 2:12; Galatians 3:23.
c. of superiority or pre-eminence (Winer's Grammar, 372 (349)): πρό πάντων, above all things, James 5:12; 1 Peter 4:8.
d. In Composition, πρό marks
α. place: προαύλιον; motion forward (Latin porro), προβαίνω, προβάλλω, etc.; before another who follows, in advance, προάγω, πρόδρομος, προπέρμπω, προτρέχω, etc.; in public view, openly, πρόδηλος, πρόκειμαι.
β. time: before this, previously, προαμαρτάνω; in reference to the time of an occurrence, beforehand, in advance, προβλέπω, προγινώσκω, προθέσμιος, πρωρίζω, etc.
γ. superiority or preference: προαιρέομαι. (Cf. Herm. ad Vig., p. 658.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
3:18
Amos
1:1
Zechariah
14:20
Malachi
3:1
Matthew
5:12; 6:8; 8:29; 11:10; 24:38
Mark
1:2
Luke
1:76; 2:21; 7:27; 9:52; 10:1; 11:38; 21:12; 22:15
John
1:48; 5:7; 10:8; 11:55; 12:1; 13:1; 13:19; 17:5; 17:24
Acts
5:23; 5:36; 12:6; 12:14; 13:24; 14:13; 21:38; 23:15
Romans
16:7
1 Corinthians
2:7; 4:5
2 Corinthians
12:2
Galatians
1:17; 2:12; 3:23
Ephesians
1:4
Colossians
1:17
2 Timothy
1:9; 4:21
Titus
1:2
Hebrews
11:5
James
5:9; 5:12
1 Peter
1:20; 4:8
Jude
1:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4253 matches the Greek πρό (pro),
which occurs 47 times in 47 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:12 - “Rejoice G5463 and be glad G21, for your reward G3408 in heaven G3772 is great G4183; for in this G3779 same G3779 way G3779 they persecuted G1377 the prophets G4396 who were before G4253 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:8 - “So G3767 do not be like G3666 them; for your Father G3962 knows G6063 what G3739 you need G5532 before G4253 you ask G154 Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:29 - And they cried G2896 out G2896, saying G3004, “[fn]What G5101 business do You have with us, Son G5207 of God G2316? Have You come G2064 here G5602 to torment G928 us before G4253 [fn]the time G2540?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:10 - “This G3778 is the one about G4012 whom G3739 it [fn]is written G1125:

‘BEHOLD G2400, I AM SENDING G649 MY MESSENGER G32 [fn]AHEAD G4253 OF YOU,

WHO G3739 WILL PREPARE G2680 YOUR WAY G3598 BEFORE G1715 YOU.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:38 - “For as in those G1565 days G2250 before G4253 the flood G2627 they were eating G5176 and drinking G4095, marrying G1060 and giving G1061 in G1061 marriage G1061, until G891 the day G2250 that Noah G3575 entered G1525 the ark G2787,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:2 -

just G2531 as it is written G1125 in Isaiah G2268 the prophet G4396:

“BEHOLD G2400, I AM SENDING G649 MY MESSENGER G32 [fn]BEFORE G4253 YOU,

WHO G3739 WILL PREPARE G2680 YOUR WAY G3598;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:21 -

And when G3753 eight G3638 days G2250 were completed G4130 [fn]so that it was time for His circumcision G4059, He was also G2532 named G2564 G3686 Jesus G2424, the name given G2564 by the angel G32 before G4253 He was conceived G4815 in the womb G2836.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:27 - “This G3778 is the one about G4012 whom G3739 it is written G1125:

‘BEHOLD G2400, I AM SENDING G649 MY MESSENGER G32 [fn]AHEAD G4253 OF YOU,

WHO G3739 WILL PREPARE G2680 YOUR WAY G3598 BEFORE G1715 YOU.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:52 - and He sent G649 messengers G32 on ahead G4253 G4383 of Him, and they went G4198 and entered G1525 a village G2968 of the Samaritans G4541 to [fn]make G2090 arrangements G2090 for Him.

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Now G1161 after G3326 this G3778 the Lord G2962 appointed G322 [fn]seventy-two G1440 G1417 others G2087, and sent G649 them in G649 pairs G1417 ahead G4253 G4383 of Him to every G3956 city G4172 and place G5117 where G3757 He Himself G846 was G3195 going G3195 to G3195 come G2064.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:38 - When the Pharisee G5330 saw G3708 this, he was G2296 surprised G2296 that Jesus had not first G4413 [fn]ceremonially G907 washed G907 before G4253 the [fn]meal G712.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 -

“But before G4253 all G3956 these G3778 things G3778, they will lay G1911 their hands G5495 on you and persecute G1377 you, turning G3860 you over G3860 to the synagogues G4864 and prisons G5438, [fn]bringing G520 you before G1909 kings G935 and governors G2232 on G6025 account G6025 of G6025 My name G3686.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:15 - And He said G3004 to them, “I have eagerly G1939 desired G1937 to eat G2068 this G3778 Passover G3957 with you before G4253 I suffer G3958;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:48 - Nathanael G3482 *said G3004 to Him, “How G4159 do You know G1097 me?” Jesus G2424 answered G611 and said G3004 to him, “Before G4253 Philip G5376 called G5455 you, when you were under G5259 the fig G4808 tree G4808, I saw G3708 you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:7 - The sick G770 man answered G611 Him, “Sir G2962, I have G2192 no G3756 man G444 to put G906 me into the pool G2861 when G3752 the water G5204 is stirred G5015 up, but while G1722 G3739 I am coming G2064, another G243 steps G2597 down G2597 before G4253 me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - “All G3956 those G3745 who G3745 came G2064 before G4253 Me are thieves G2812 and robbers G3027, but the sheep G4263 did not listen G191 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:55 -

Now G1161 the Passover G3957 of the Jews G2453 was near G1451, and many G4183 went G305 up G305 to Jerusalem G2414 from the country G5561 prior G4253 to the Passover G3957, in G2443 order G2443 to G2443 [fn]purify G48 themselves G1438.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:1

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Therefore G3767, six G1803 days G2250 before G4253 the Passover G3957, Jesus G2424 came G2064 to Bethany G963 where G3699 Lazarus G2976 was, whom G3739 Jesus G2424 had raised G1453 from the dead G3498.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:1 -

Now G1161 before G4253 the Feast G1859 of the Passover G3957, Jesus G2424, knowing G6063 that His hour G5610 had come G2064 that He would depart G3327 from this G3778 world G2889 to the Father G3962, having loved G25 His own G2398 who G3588 were in the world G2889, He loved G25 them [fn]to the end G5056.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:19 - “From now G737 on I am telling G3004 you before G4253 it happens G1096, so G2443 that G2443 when G3752 it does happen G1096, you may believe G4100 that I am G1510 He.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:5 - “And now G3568 You, Father G3962, glorify G1392 Me together G3844 with Yourself G4572, with the glory G1391 which G3739 I had G2192 with You before G4253 the world G2889 existed G1510.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:24 - “Father G3962, I desire G2309 that they also G2548, whom G3739 You have given G1325 Me, be with Me where G3699 I am G1510, so G2443 that G2443 they may see G2334 My glory G1391 which G3739 You have given G1325 Me, for You loved G25 Me before G4253 the foundation G2602 of the world G2889.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:36 - “For, some G3778 time G2250 ago G4253 Theudas G2333 appeared G450, claiming G3004 to be somebody G5100, and a group G706 of about G5613 four G5071 hundred G5071 men G435 joined G6076 him. [fn]But he was killed G337, and all G3956 who G3745 followed G3982 him were dispersed G1262 and came G1096 to nothing G3762.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 -

On [fn]the very G1565 night G3571 when G3753 Herod G2264 was G3195 about G3195 to G3195 bring G4254 him forward G4254, Peter G4074 was sleeping G2837 between G3342 two G1417 soldiers G4757, bound G1210 with two G1417 chains G254, and guards G5441 in front G4253 of the door G2374 were watching G5083 over G5083 the prison G5438.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:14 - When she recognized G1921 Peter’s G4074 voice G5456, because G575 of her joy G5479 she did not open G455 the gate G4440, but ran G1532 in G1532 and announced G518 that Peter G4074 was standing G2476 in front G4253 of the gate G4440.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:24 - after John G2491 had proclaimed G4296, before G4253 [fn]His coming G4383 G1529, a baptism G908 of repentance G3341 to all G3956 the people G2992 of Israel G2474.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:13 - Moreover G5037, the priest G2409 of Zeus G2203, whose temple was [fn]just G4253 outside G4253 the city G4172, brought G5342 oxen G5022 and garlands G4725 to the gates G4440, and wanted G2309 to offer G2380 sacrifice G2380 with the crowds G3793.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:38 - “Then G686 you are not the Egyptian G124 who some G3778 [fn]time G2250 ago G4253 stirred G387 up G387 a G387 revolt G387 and led G1806 the four G5070 thousand G5070 men G435 of the Assassins G4607 out into the wilderness G2048?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:15 - “Now G3568 therefore G3767, you [fn]and the [fn]Council G4892 notify G1718 the commander G5506 to bring G2609 him down G2609 to you, as G5613 though G5613 you were G3195 going G3195 to G3195 investigate G1231 his case G3588 G4012 more G199 thoroughly G199; and as for us, we are ready G2092 to kill G337 him before G4253 he comes G1448 near G1448 the place.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:7 - Greet G782 Andronicus G408 and [fn]Junia G2458, my kinsfolk G4773 and my fellow G4869 prisoners G4869, who G3748 are outstanding G1978 in G1722 the G1722 view G1722 of G1722 the apostles G652, who G3739 also G2532 [fn]were in Christ G5547 before G4253 me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:7 - but we speak G2980 God’s G2316 wisdom G4678 in a mystery G3466, the hidden G613 wisdom which G3739 God G2316 predestined G4309 before G4253 the ages G165 to our glory G1391;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5 - Therefore G5620 do not go on [fn]passing G2919 judgment G2919 before G4253 [fn]the time G2540, but wait until G2193 the Lord G2962 comes G2064, who G3739 will both G2532 bring G5461 to G5461 light G5461 the things G2927 hidden G2927 in the darkness G4655 and disclose G5319 the motives G1012 of human hearts G2588; and then G5119 praise G1868 will come G1096 to each G1538 person G1538 from God G2316.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:2 - I know G6063 a man G444 in Christ G5547, who fourteen G1180 years G2094 ago G4253—whether G1535 in the body G4983 I do not know G6063, or G1535 out of the body G4983 I do not know G6063, God G2316 knows G6063—such G5108 a G5108 man G5108 was caught G726 up to the third G5154 heaven G3772.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:17 - nor G3761 did I go G424 up to Jerusalem G2414 to those G3588 who were apostles G652 before G4253 me; but I went G565 away G565 to Arabia G688, and returned G5290 once G3825 more G3825 to Damascus G1154.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:12 - For prior G4253 to the coming G2064 of some G5100 men G5100 from [fn]James G2385, he used to eat G4906 with the Gentiles G1484; but when G3753 they came G2064, he began to withdraw G5288 and separate G873 himself G1438, fearing G5399 those from the circumcision G4061.

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But before G4253 faith G4102 came G2064, [fn]we were kept G5432 in G5432 custody G5432 under G5259 the Law G3551, being confined G4788 for the faith G4102 that was destined G3195 to be revealed G601.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:4 - just G2531 as G2531 He chose G1586 us in Him before G4253 the foundation G2602 of the world G2889, that we would be holy G40 and blameless G299 before G2714 [fn]Him. In love G26

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:17 - He [fn]is before G4253 all G3956 things G3956, and in Him all G3956 things G3956 [fn]hold G4921 together G4921.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:9 - who saved G4982 us and called G2564 us with a holy G40 calling G2821, not according G2596 to our works G2041, but according G2596 to His own G2398 purpose G4286 and grace G5485, which was granted G1325 to us in Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 from all G5550 eternity G166,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:21 - Make G4704 every G4704 effort G4704 to come G2064 before G4253 winter G5494. Eubulus G2103 greets G782 you, also G2532 Pudens G4227, Linus G3044, Claudia G2803, and all G3956 the brothers G80 and sisters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:2 - in the hope G1680 of eternal G166 life G2222, which G3739 God G2316, who G893 cannot G893 lie G893, promised G1861 [fn]long G5550 ages G5550 ago G4253,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:5 - By faith G4102 Enoch G1802 was taken G3346 up G3346 so that he would not see G3708 death G2288; AND HE WAS NOT FOUND G2147 BECAUSE G1360 GOD G2316 TOOK G3346 HIM UP G3346; for before G4253 he was taken G3331 up G3331, he was attested G3140 to have been pleasing G2100 to God G2316.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:9 - Do not [fn]complain G4727, brothers G80 and sisters, against G2596 one G240 another G240, so G2443 that G2443 you may not be judged G2919; behold G2400, the Judge G2923 is standing G2476 [fn]right G4253 at the [fn]door G2374.

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But above G4253 all G3956, my brothers G80 and sisters, do not swear G3660, either G3383 by heaven G3772 or G3383 by earth G1093 or G3383 with any G5100 other G243 oath G3727; but [fn]your yes G3483 is to be yes G3483, and your no G3756, no G3756, so G2443 that G2443 you do not fall G4098 under G5259 judgment G2920.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:20 - For He was foreknown G4267 before G4253 the foundation G2602 of the world G2889, but has appeared G5319 [fn]in these G3588 last G2078 times G5550 for the sake G1223 of you

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:8 - Above G4253 all G3956, keep G2192 fervent G1618 in your love G26 for one G1438 another G1438, because G3754 love G26 covers G2572 a multitude G4128 of sins G266.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:25 - to the only G3441 God G2316 our Savior G4990, through G1223 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 our Lord G2962, be glory G1391, majesty G3172, dominion G2904, and authority G1849 before G4253 all G3956 time G165 and now G3568 and [fn]forever G165. Amen G281.
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