For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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γάρ
Vocabulary form:
gavr
Definition:
for, then
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
1,041
GK:
1142
Mnemonic Singing:
For the beauty of the earth,
for the glory of the skies
Notes:
Postpositive
Biblical Concordance
Acts 24:5 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) we found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. |
Acts 25:27 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) it seems unreasonable to me, in sending a prisoner, not to report the charges against him.” |
Acts 26:16 | But get up and stand on your feet; for (gar | γάρ | conj) I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you a servant and witness both to the things in which you have seen and to those in which I will appear to you. |
Acts 26:26 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) the king knows about these matters, and to him I am speaking boldly, for (gar | γάρ | conj) I am persuaded that none of these things has escaped his notice, for (gar | γάρ | conj) this was not done in a corner. |
Acts 27:22 | And now I advise you to be of good courage; for (gar | γάρ | conj) there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. |
Acts 27:23 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve, |
Acts 27:25 | So be of good courage, men, for (gar | γάρ | conj) I have faith in God that it will be so, just as it has been told me. |
Acts 27:34 | Therefore I urge you to take some food; for (gar | γάρ | conj) this is for your survival, for (gar | γάρ | conj) not a hair will perish from the head of any of you.” |
Acts 28:2 | The native people showed us no ordinary kindness, for (gar | γάρ | conj) they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and because of the cold. |
Acts 28:20 | For this reason, therefore, I have asked to see you and speak with you, since (gar | γάρ | conj) it is because of the hope of Israel that I wear this chain.” |
Acts 28:22 | But we desire to hear from you what you think, for (gar | γάρ | conj) with regard to this sect it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.” |
Acts 28:27 | for (gar | γάρ | conj) the heart of this people has become dull, and they hear with difficultly with their ears, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I should heal them.’ |
Romans 1:9 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you |
Romans 1:11 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) I long to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen you — |
Romans 1:16 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. |
Romans 1:17 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The righteous by faith will live.” |
Romans 1:18 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) the wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and the unrighteousness of those who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness, |
Romans 1:19 | because what can be known about God is plain to them, for (gar | γάρ | conj) God has revealed it to them. |
Romans 1:20 | Ever since the creation of the world, his invisible attributes, that is, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made. So they are without excuse. |
Romans 1:26 | For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions. Their women exchanged the natural sexual function for one that is unnatural, |
Romans 2:1 | Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else, for (gar | γάρ | conj) in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself, for (gar | γάρ | conj) you who judge are practicing the same things. |
Romans 2:11 | there is no favoritism with God: |
Romans 2:12 | all who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law; |
Romans 2:13 | for (gar | γάρ | conj) it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be declared righteous. |
Romans 2:14 | whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things required by the law, these, although they do not have the law, are a law to themselves. |
Romans 2:24 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) as it is written, “On account of you the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles.” |
Romans 2:25 | to be sure, circumcision is of value if you practice the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. |
Romans 2:28 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) that person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. |
Romans 3:2 | Much in every way. first of all, they were entrusted with the oracles of God. |
Romans 3:3 | But (gar | γάρ | conj) what if some were unfaithful, will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God? |
Romans 3:9 | What then? Are we better off? Not at all, for (gar | γάρ | conj) we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are under the power of sin, |
Romans 3:20 | So by the works of the law no flesh will be justified before him, because (gar | γάρ | conj) through the law comes the knowledge of sin. |
Romans 3:22 | It is the righteousness of God available through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. (There is no distinction, |
Romans 3:23 | since (gar | γάρ | conj) all have sinned and continue to fall short of the glory of God.) |
Romans 3:28 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) we hold that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. |
Romans 4:2 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about (but not before God). |
Romans 4:3 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) what does the scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” |
Romans 4:9 | Therefore, is this blessedness for the circumcised alone, or is it also for the uncircumcised? For (gar | γάρ | conj) we say, “It was to Abraham that faith was credited as righteousness.” |
Romans 4:13 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) the promise that he would be heir of the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. |
Romans 4:14 | if the heirs are those who follow the law, then faith is meaningless and the promise is void. |
Romans 4:15 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there can be no violation. |
Romans 5:6 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. |
Romans 5:7 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) rarely will one die for an upright person — though (gar | γάρ | conj) perhaps for a genuinely good person one might actually dare to die. |
Romans 5:10 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, will we be saved by his life. |
Romans 5:13 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged when there is no law. |
Romans 5:15 | But the free gift is not like the transgression. For (gar | γάρ | conj) if the many died through the transgression of the one, much more did the grace of God and the gift that came by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ overflow to the many. |
Romans 5:16 | And the gift is not like the result of that one man’s sin; for (gar | γάρ | conj) the judgment following the one transgression led to condemnation, but the free gift following the many transgressions led to justification. |
Romans 5:17 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) if by the transgression of the one man death reigned through that one, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ. |
Romans 5:19 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) just as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so also through the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. |
Romans 6:5 | For (gar | γάρ | conj) if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly be united with him in the likeness of his resurrection. |
Mnemonics
Suggested Mnemonic Device
Gar "For"man is the General Manager of the Chicago Bulls.
Mnemonic for "gar"
"Please buy a vase FOR the GARdenia!
gar mnemonic
FOR if you GUARd the GARden, THEN you will reap much fruit.
Darfur - gar for
Darfur - gar for