γάρ | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

γάρ

Definition

for; then

Erasmian

Modern

Frequency

1041

1142

Mnemonic Singing

For the beauty of the earth,
for the glory of the skies

Song

Verse

“I am not ashamed of the gospel … γάρ in it the righteousness of God is revealed.” (Rom 1:16,17)

“Why γάρ should my liberty be determined by the conscience of another?” (1 Cor 10:29)

Notes

Postpositive

Biblical Concordance

1 Corinthians 2:8	None of the rulers of this age understood it, for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
1 Corinthians 2:10	But God has revealed them to us through his Spirit; for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) the Spirit searches everything, even the deep things of God.
1 Corinthians 2:11	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) who can know the thoughts of a man except the man’s own spirit that is in him? In the same way, no one can understand the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 2:14	The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) they are foolishness to him; he cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 2:16	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj), “Who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:2	I gave you milk, not solid food, for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,
1 Corinthians 3:3	for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) you are still of the flesh. For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving like mere men?
1 Corinthians 3:4	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not like everyone else?
1 Corinthians 3:9	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) we are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building.
1 Corinthians 3:11	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) no one is able to lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:13	the work of each person will become evident, for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what sort of work each has done.
1 Corinthians 3:17	If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) God’s temple is holy, and that is what you are.
1 Corinthians 3:19	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) it is written, “He traps the wise with their own craftiness.”
1 Corinthians 3:21	So then, let no one boast with respect to men. For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) all things are yours,
1 Corinthians 4:4	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) I am not aware of anything against myself, yet not because of this am I acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.
1 Corinthians 4:7	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) who sees anything superior in you? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?
1 Corinthians 4:9	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) it seems to me that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.
1 Corinthians 4:15	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) though you have innumerable guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because (gar \| γάρ \| conj) I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
1 Corinthians 4:20	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
1 Corinthians 5:3	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) though I am absent in body, I am present in spirit; and I have already passed judgment on the one who did this, just as though I were present.
1 Corinthians 5:7	Get rid of the old leaven so that you may be a new batch of dough, just as you really are unleavened. For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
1 Corinthians 5:12	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) what business is it of mine to judge outsiders? Is it not those inside the church that you are to judge?
1 Corinthians 6:16	Or do you not know that he who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) it says, “The two will become one flesh.”
1 Corinthians 6:20	For (gar \| γάρ \| conj) you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God with your body.
1 Corinthians 7:9	But if they are not practicing self-control, they should marry; for (gar \| γάρ \| conj) it is better to marry than to burn with sexual passion.