1 Coríntios 6
David Guzik · Citado em PreceptAustin
1 Coríntios 6
Guzik - By his actions, Paul showed he was not against all legal action. In Acts 22:25+ and Acts 25:10–11+, he appealed to Roman courts for his rights. However, Paul knew it was wrong when brother goes to law against brother. Paul does not say that Christians should have their own court system to handle criminal law. In Romans 13:3–4 Paul says that it is appropriate for the state to handle criminal cases. Christians should, however, be able to handle civil cases among themselves. “Those in a religious community who will not submit to a proper arbitration, made by persons among themselves, should be expelled from the Church of God.” (Clarke) Unbelievers (571)(apistos from a = without + pistos = believing, faithful) means lacking in faith, without faith, disbelieving, unbelieving - in this context apistos is one who does not believe the Good News about Jesus Christ (1Ti 5:8, Titus 1:15, Rev 21:8) Uses in the letters to the Corinthians - 1 Co. 6:6; 1 Co. 7:12; 1 Co. 7:13; 1 Co. 7:14; 1 Co. 7:15; 1 Co. 10:27; 1 Co. 14:22; 1 Co. 14:23; 1 Co. 14:24; 2 Co. 4:4; 2 Co. 6:14; 2 Co. 6:15 1 Corinthians 6:7 Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded? Amplified - Why, the very fact of your having lawsuits with one another at all is a defect (a defeat, an evidence of positive moral loss for you). Why not rather let yourselves suffer wrong and be deprived of what is your due? Why not rather be cheated (defrauded and robbed)? Wuest's Paraphrase - Nay! It is already a total [moral] defeat for you, having lawsuits with one another. Why do you not permit yourselves rather to be wronged? Why do you not permit yourselves rather to be defrauded? (Eerdmans Publishing - used by permission) NET 1 Corinthians 6:7 The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? NLT 1 Corinthians 6:7 Even to have such lawsuits with one another is a defeat for you. Why not just accept the injustice and leave it at that? Why not let yourselves be cheated? ESV 1 Corinthians 6:7 To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? NIV 1 Corinthians 6:7 The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? GNT 1 Corinthians 6:7 ἤδη μὲν [οὖν] ὅλως ἥττημα ὑμῖν ἐστιν ὅτι κρίματα ἔχετε μεθ᾽ ἑαυτῶν. διὰ τί οὐχὶ μᾶλλον ἀδικεῖσθε; διὰ τί οὐχὶ μᾶλλον ἀποστερεῖσθε; KJV 1 Corinthians 6:7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? YLT 1 Corinthians 6:7 Already, indeed, then, there is altogether a fault among you, that ye have judgments with one another; wherefore do ye not rather suffer injustice? wherefore be ye not rather defrauded? ASV 1 Corinthians 6:7 Nay, already it is altogether a defect in you, that ye have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather take wrong? why not rather be defrauded? CSB 1 Corinthians 6:7 Therefore, to have legal disputes against one another is already a moral failure for you. Why not rather put up with injustice? Why not rather be cheated? NKJ 1 Corinthians 6:7 Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated? NRS 1 Corinthians 6:7 In fact, to have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded? NAB 1 Corinthians 6:7 Now indeed (then) it is, in any case, a failure on your part that you have lawsuits against one another. Why not rather put up with injustice? Why not rather let yourselves be cheated? NJB 1 Corinthians 6:7 No; it is a fault in you, by itself, that one of you should go to law against another at all: why do you not prefer to suffer injustice, why not prefer to be defrauded? GWN 1 Corinthians 6:7 You are already totally defeated because you have lawsuits against each other. Why don't you accept the fact that you have been wronged? Why don't you accept that you have been cheated? BBE 1 Corinthians 6:7 More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss? Actually, then, it is already a defeat : Pr 2:5,8-10 Ho 10:2 Jas 4:1-3 Why not rather Pr 20:22 Mt 5:39-41 Lu 6:29 Ro 12:17-19 1Th 5:15 1Pe 2:19-23 1Pe 3:9 1 Corinthians 6 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries A CALL TO DIE TO SELF Actually, then, it is already - Wuest = "Nay! It is already a total [moral] defeat for you" Young's Literal = "Already, indeed, then, there is altogether a fault (defeat) among you" -- "This phrase (ēdē men oun) implies that this church had already been doing these very things. They were already defeated!" (Utley)
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Guzik - The Corinthians were just like modern Americans: addicted to their own “rights.” But in clinging to their rights so fiercely, they had already shown utter failure. Just by going to court against your brother, you already lose....There is no place for dishonest dealing by Christians; how much less place is there for dishonest dealing among Christians! Many have rejected the things of God and the fellowship of the saints because of dishonesty and cheating among Christians. Arnold - To have an unbelieving judge arbitrate for two Christians is a defeat regardless of the verdict. No matter who wins the lawsuit, the cause of Christ suffers. People are turned off when they see believers fighting each other in an open, aggressive, hostile way. What lawsuits among Christians means to the watching world is that Christians are no better off than non-Christians. What have we to offer the unsaved world if we have to get unbelievers to settle our disputes? For so many pastors and Christians it is a new revelation to learn that Christians are not to go to secular court against each other. They don’t understand that the early church never went to the secular courts to settle problems. Hodge - It was a great evil that they had such lawsuits. It would be better to submit to injustice Ryrie on why it was a defeat - Going to court against a brother brings defeat (because greed or vengeance win) before the case is even heard. It is better to be wronged and take a loss. Why not rather be wronged (adikeo)? Why not rather be defrauded? Amplified - "Why not rather let yourselves suffer wrong and be deprived of what is your due? Why not rather be cheated (defrauded and robbed)?" NLT - Why not just accept the injustice and leave it at that? Why not let yourselves be cheated? Be wronged and be defrauded are both in the present tense, continually be wronged and defrauded! Woe! You had better be Spirit filled to obey this instruction! Robertson on be wronged...be defrauded - Better undergo wrong yourself than suffer defeat in the matter of love and forgiveness of a brother. (be defrauded =) Permissive middle again like [adikeisthe - be wronged]. Allow yourselves to be robbed (old verb to deprive, to rob) rather than have a lawsuit! Be wronged (injured, offended, treated unjustly) (91) see adikeo Defrauded) (91)(apostereo from apó = from + steréō = to deprive) means to be or become deprived of something by deceit, deception, trickery. To wrong. To defraud. (1) active, as obtaining something by deceiving another - deprive, defraud, steal (1Cor 6.8); figuratively, of marital rights withhold, deprive (1Cor 7.5); (2) passive permit oneself to be defrauded; let oneself be robbed (1Cor 6.7). BDAG - (1) to cause another to suffer loss by taking away through illicit means, rob, steal, despoil, defraud (2) 2. to prevent someone from having the benefit of someth. (1 Cor 7:5) . Zodhiates - In the mid., aposteréomai, to suffer oneself to be defrauded, as spoken of persons (1 Cor. 6:7); to be kept back by fraud, as spoken of a thing (James 5:4, wages held back by fraud; Sept.: Deut. 24:16; Mal. 3:5). The pass. joined with a gen., to be destitute of, devoid of (1 Tim. 6:5, “defrauding themselves” [a.t.], i.e., “destitute of the truth” [cf. 1 Cor. 7:5 in respect to conjugal intercourse]). Used 5x in NT - Mk. 10:19; 1 Co. 6:7; 1 Co. 6:8; 1 Co. 7:5; 1 Ti 6:5 Used in the Septuagint in Ex 21:10, Mal 3:5. Arnold - Deprive yourself of your right when wronged. When you consider the damage and injury that may be done to the body of Christ, you may decide to drop the lawsuit altogether. A Christian should voluntarily take wrong, even if he is right, rather than go to court (outside the church) against a brother. The Christian should voluntarily take wrong and say, "I leave it all with God. I'm not going to say anything about it. If they wrong me, You understand, 0 God.” Christians are to give way to any aggressive, self-centered attitudes, insisting upon their own rights at all cost. Without complaint, gossiping, accusations or bitter spirit, an offended brother is to follow the example of Christ who, when wronged, gave up His rights, committing Himself to God who judges righteously. As Christians, we should never forget we are called to demonstrate a different lifestyle before the world, one in which we are ready to surrender our personal rights for the cause we serve. (THOUGHT - ONLY A SPIRIT FILLED AND EMPOWERED BELIEVER COULD TAKE THIS CHRIST-LIKE APPROACH!) Zodhiates - In trying to redress the wrong, Paul points out that our own interests should not be the major consideration. He asks, "Why do you not rather take wrong? Why do you not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?". The Greek word is adikeísthe, meaning "to suffer injustice" or "to be treated unjustly." Paul says that we must allow ourselves to suffer an injustice rather than cause someone else to become irreconcilable to virtue or to bring reproach upon the name of Jesus Christ. Our first concern in dealing with another's wrongdoing should be the advancement of God's kingdom and not our own personal interests. Henry
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Guzik - "Paul doesn’t tell us to be brave and resist the lustful passion of sexual immorality, but to flee from its very presence. Many have fallen because they underestimated the power of lustful passion, or thought they would “test” themselves and see how much they could “take.” Instead, we should follow the example of Joseph, who fled from sexual immorality - even when it cost him something to do so (Genesis 39:7-21). “Some sins, or solicitations to sin, may be reasoned with; in the above cases, if you parley you are undone; reason not, but fly!” (Clarke) Paul does not say that Christians should flee sex, only sexual immorality. God gave sex as a precious gift to mankind, and uses it powerfully to bond husband and wife together in a true one-flesh relationship. So as Hebrews 13:4 says, the marriage bed is undefiled - the sexual relationship between husband and wife is pure, holy, and good before God. But sexual immorality works against God’s good purpose for sex, working against a true, godly one-flesh relationship. Sex outside of marriage can be exciting, but it can’t be enriching.We are reminded Paul uses the Greek word porneia, which refers to a broad range of sexual sin. To flee sexual immorality means more than just to not have sexual intercourse with someone we are not married to. It means to flee sexual gratification short of, or apart from, intercourse with someone we are not married to. It means to flee sexual gratification or thrills one might find from pornographic videos, movies, magazines, books, or Internet materials. Cathers - Run from sin. Run from temptation. Don’t stay and savor it. When Joseph was cornered by Potiphar’s wife, she grabbed him and begged him to sleep with her. He left his coat in her hand and ran. We would be wise to do the same. Before Christ We chased after sin. Now after Christ Sin chases after us! Ambrose - Only by a swift flight can we shun the savagery of such a rabid mistress and escape from such vile servitude. (Bray, G. L. 1-2 Corinthians. Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture NT 7. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press) Paul’s instruction about sexual relations within marriage alludes to his concern over the danger of porneia in the marriage writing that… because of immoralities (porneia), each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband. (1Co 7:2) (Sex in marriage is God's "safety net" to keep us from falling into the sexual sin that entangles and corrupts this fallen world.) Stop depriving (present imperative + negative = stop something that you are already doing) one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt (peirazo [word study] - Satan always tests us to cause harm. When God tests us that is never His goal. - Jas 1:13-note) you because of your lack of self-control (cp need for dependence on the Holy Spirit Gal 5:23-note). (1Co 7:5) Paul used pheugo three other times all in the form of a present imperative command (make this your habitual practice - implies also that these things are always "dangerous" to our spiritual life - and the only way to accomplish this daily is by surrender to the control of the Holy Spirit! Have you met with Him yet today? Have you ask Him to lead you not into temptation too difficult to resist? Have you ask Him to deliver you from evil?) for believers to… (1) Flee from idolatry - Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. (1Co 10:14) (An idol is anything/anyone that takes the place of God your heart). (2) Flee from love of money - But flee from these things, you man of God; and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness. (1Ti 6:11) (3) Flee from youthful lusts - Now flee from youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. (2Ti 2:22) Immorality (4202) (porneia [word study] from porneuo = to commit fornication, to play the harlot <> from pornos = a male prostitute) originally referred to any excessive behavior or lack of restraint, but eventually became associated with sexual excess and indulgence, of every kind of extramarital, unlawful, or unnatural sexual intercourse. Our English word pornography is derived from porneia + graph = a writing and thus pornography (or colloquially "porn") is thus a writing (or picture) about sexual sin. Christianity brought chastity into the world of pagan idolatry where sexual immorality was not only condoned, but regarded as normal. Sadly, twentieth-century America has reverted back to the “normality of sexual immorality” and the revival fire of the Christian faith is desperately needed. Porneia includes including (but not limited to) adultery, premarital sex, homosexuality, bestiality, incest, and prostitution. As an aside, porneia refers primarily to sins of the flesh, but those sins can never be divorced from the sins of the mind or heart, because all sin is related. Sin in one area always makes us more susceptible to sin in other areas. In Paul's day, prostitution and fornication were considered permissible activities. A married man in Greece cold engage in extramarital sexual intercourse as much as he wished, but this practice was forbidden for the wife! Athenaeus, a writer in the second century AD, quotes from a speech of Demosthenes, We keep mistresses for pleasure, concubines for daily concubinage, but wives we have in order to produce children legitimately and to have a trustworthy guardian of our domestic property. Kenneth Wuest records that "The moral life of the Greco-Roman world had sunk so low that, while protests against the prevailing corruption were never entirely wanting, fornication had long come to be regarded as a matter of moral indifference, and was indulged in without shame or scruple, not only by the mass, but by philosophers and men of distinction who in other respects led exemplary lives. (Wuest Word Studies - Eerdman Publishing Company Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3 - used by permission) In Acts the early church condemned all sexual experimentation outside of marriage James declaring that the Gentiles who were turning to God from idols be instructed that they abstain from things contaminated by idols and from fornication (porneia - in this context the reference is to sexual sins in general but orgies that were associated with the worship of the pagan idols) and from what is strangled and from blood. (Acts 15:20) In Paul’s day Corinth was like much of our culture today, for people were strongly intent on having their own ways, doing what was right in their own eyes, and this aberrant behavior was especially manifest in fulfilling their physical lust. Corinth was so conspicuous for its immorality that to “corinthianize” was the term for reckless debauchery. And so sexual permissiveness was rampant and then, as now the church was not unaffected. Sensuality in the guise of religion was rife. And so Paul writing to the Corinthian church declared… It is actually reported that there is immorality (porneia) among you, and immorality (porneia) of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has (present tense = an ongoing, habitual activity) his father's wife. (1Cor 5:1 read the entire chapter [1Cor 5:1-13] which is devoted to immorality in the church and specifically is directed not so much to those committing immorality but to the church who stood by doing nothing about it and in fact arrogantly refusing to do anything about it!) In 1Corinthians 5 Paul addresses a form of incest, because a man was living with his father’s wife, specifically his stepmother. Sexual relations between a man and his stepmother are in the same category as relations between him and his natural mother and anyone guilty of those or other sexual “abominations” was to be cut off from his people (Lev 18:7, 8,29), a reference to capital punishment. From Cicero we know that such incest was even strictly forbidden among the perverted pagan culture by Roman law! An excellent illustration of fleeing immorality is found in the account of Joseph when he was tempted to sin by Potiphar’s wife Joseph addressing her advances declared There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil, and sin against God? (Joseph feared Jehovah and so turned away from evil, cf Job 1:1 Why is there such a problem with porneia even in Christian circles? There is minimal to know healthy fear of God. See 2Cor 7:1) 10 And it came about as she spoke to Joseph day after day, that he did not listen to her to lie beside her, or be with her.11 Now it happened one day that he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the household was there inside.12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” And he left his garment in her hand and fled, and went outside.) (Genesis 39:9, 10, 11, 12) It is like the pastor who cautioned his handsome new assistant about the dangers of immorality in the ministry. The assistant said that he always did his socializing in a group setting and concluded that “there is safety in numbers.” The wise pastor replied, “Yes, that is so, but there is more safety in Exodus!” While there may be safety in numbers, sometimes there is more safety in flight! How serious is immorality? Paul's rhetorical question indicates the consequences can be eternally serious asking… Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; (present imperative + a negative = Stop being led astray by "politically correct", seemingly plausible reasoning that covers up these sins with such rationalizations like "Everyone's doing it" or "What we do behind closed doors is no one else's business" [Wrong! cp Ge 16:13, Pr 5:21-note, Pr 15:3, Heb 4:13-note Job 34:21 = there is no such thing as a "secret sin" with the all seeing God Je 16:17, 23:24 - Note the contrast = 2Chr 16:9, 8, 10], implying that some already were deceiving themselves with the following false, deadly "doctrine" of demons) neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (1Cor 6:9, 10)
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Guzik - Paul isn’t saying sexual immorality is worse than any other sin; but he does teach that sexual sin has a unique effect on the body; not only in a physical way, but also in a moral and spiritual ways. Augustine was a Christian who had a lot of trouble with keeping sexually pure. For a long time, it kept him from really following God. He used to pray: “God, make me pure - but not just yet.” But there came a point where he really turned everything over to God. He stopped hanging around with his companions in sexual immorality, and stopped going to the neighborhood where he used to meet them. But once, he had to go there on business, and on the street he met an old flame. She was glad to see him, and started running to him with arms outstretched, saying “Augustine! Where have you been for so long? We have missed you so!” Augustine did the only thing he could do: he started running the other way. She called out to him: “Augustine, why are you running? Its only me!” He looked back, while still running, and said “I’m running because I’m not me!” He was a different man because of Jesus, living a different way. If we have had our lives changed by Jesus, it will show in the desire to flee sexual immorality. Hamilton Smith - The apostle then passes on to speak of that which is not lawful for the body — actual sin. Here we are reminded that the body is for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. He reminds us, too, that these bodies are destined for high honour, for even as God hath raised up the Lord, so will He also raise up these bodies by His own power. Moreover, our bodies are members of Christ, and he that is joined to the Lord is one Spirit. The apostle learnt something of this great truth at his conversion, for the Lord said to him, “Why persecutest thou Me?”. To touch the bodies of the saints was to touch Christ. How solemn is all sin, but how specially solemn is sin against the body which is indwelt by the Holy Spirit and belongs to God, and which it is our privilege and responsibility to use for the glory of God. To press upon us the deep importance of holiness, the apostle re-minds us in the course of the chapter that we are washed, sanctified and justified, and, further, that our bodies are for the Lord, joined to the Lord, indwelt by the Holy Spirit, belong to God, and are to be used for the glory of God; and, too, the Lord is for the body, and God will raise it up by His power. (The First Epistle to the Corinthians) Do, done, did, doing; Make, made, makes, making; Perform, Practice (4160) (poieo) occurs 568 times, primarily in the Gospels and in a wide variety of contexts, which makes it difficult to do a simple word study. BDAG says poieo is "a multivalent term (possessing many meanings), often without pointed semantic (relating to meaning in language) significance, used in reference to a broad range of activity involving such matters as bringing something into being, bringing something to pass, or simply interacting in some way with a variety of entities." (BDAG) Poieo is primarily translated with the idea of to DO (to bring to pass, to carry out, to bring about, to accomplish), to MAKE (to construct or fashion something out of existing material) to PERFORM. Summary Comments from Word Study on related verb prasso - Poieo means "to do" which focuses more on the end/achievement of the action. In contrast prasso focuses on the process or habitual effort to arrive at the end/achievement, and thus refers more to the course of conduct. (even the present tense of poieo expresses a series of repeated acts). The predominant idea conveyed by prasso in its NT uses is to bring about or accomplish an objective through some activity (Ro 1:32, 2:3, Ac 5:35, 26:20, 2 Co 5:10, etc). Prasso focuses on the activity (continued process) that brings the needed end. Thayer - poieō ("to make") focuses on producing an end-result. Prássō ("to practice") highlights the process to get there, i.e. the practice (habit, routine) which brings the result. Henry Alford (in comments on John 3:20-21) says "prasso is more the habit of action (Jn 3:20); so that we might say 'he that practices evil;' but poiéō the true doing of good" (Jn 3:21). Pulpit Commentary at Ro 7:15 - prasso is the more emphatic (marked) term than poieo. "The distinction between the verbs poieo, prasso, is not observed in the English Version...Attention to the places where they occur, will show their appropriateness in each case, denoting [respectively] single acts, [or] habitual practice". To do, expressing an action as continued or not yet completed, what one does repeatedly, habitually as in 1Jn 2:29, where poieo is in the present tense conveying the sense of a habitual practice (1Jn 2:29, 3:4, 3:7-10). This distinction is especially significant in First John, because the present tense helps one distinguish whether an individual is a true believer or not. Poieo means "to execute” in Jn 5:27; Jude 1:15 speaking of the Son of God’s divine authority to “execute (i.e., make, accomplish) judgment” on the wicked. Poieo with the sense of "to make" (made, making) (Notice the variety of things which are made, from supper to tabernacles to covenants - it is an interesting list!) - Note that some of the senses of "make" refer to building, fashioning or constructing. In other passages poieo conveys the underlying sense of “bringing about” a particular effect, or change, in the state of a person or object, as Jesus declares to His disciples (Mt 4:19) that He will make them “fishers of men.” Here are some examples of what one makes (or does not make) - a path straight (Mt 3:3, Mk 1:3), hair white or black (Mt 5:36), three tabernacles (Mt 17:4), male and female (Mt 19:4), make laborers equal (Mt 20:12), make to become fishers of men (Mk 1:17 = the sense is "to appoint"), not make known (Mk 3:12), made a supper (Mk 6:21), makes deaf to hear (Mk 7:37), made temple a den of thieves (Mk 11:17), made a great feast (Lk 5:29), make the children fast (Lk 5:34), made the outside (Lk 11:40), make a dinner (Lk 14:12), make a feast (Lk 14:13), make a great supper (Lk 14:16), make one of the hired hands (Lk 15:19), make friends for yourselves by means of the mammon of unrighteousness (Lk 16:9), made a scourge (Jn 2:15), making disciples (Jn 4:1), made water wine (Jn 4:46), made him whole (Jn 5:15), make Himself equal with God (Jn 5:18), make the men sit (Jn 6:10), make Him a king (Jn 6:15), made an entire man well (Jn 7:23), make Yourself out to be (Jn 8:53, 19:7), made clay (Jn 9:11, 14), make Himself out to be God (Jn 10:33), made Him supper (Jn 12:2), made a fire of colas (Jn 18:18), makes himself a king (Jn 19:12), account I made (composed) (Acts 1:1), made him walk (Acts 3:12), didst make the Heaven (Acts 4:24), make for us gods (Acts 7:40), images which you made to worship (Acts 7:43), make it (tabernacle) according to the pattern (Acts 7:44, cp Heb 8:5), "My hand which made all these things" (Acts 7:50), made loud lamentation (Acts 8:2), garments that Dorcas used to make (Acts 9:39), made the world (Acts 17:24), He made from one every nation of mankind (Acts 17:26), made silver shrines of Artemis (Acts 19:24), made (formed) a conspiracy (Acts 23:13), make mention (Ro 1:9, 1Th 1:2, Philemon 1:4, cp Phil 1:4), Why did you make me like this? (Ro 9:20), make a contribution (Ro 15:26), make them members of a harlot (1Cor 6:15), make the way of escape (1Cor 10:13), made Him to be sin for us (2Cor 5:21), making mention (Eph 1:16), made both one (Eph 2:14), thanksgiving be made (1Ti 2:1), made the world (Heb 1:2), made purification (Heb 1:3), make all things according to the pattern (Heb 8:5), covenant which I made (Heb 8:9), make straight paths (Heb 12:13), as of things that are made (created) (Heb 12:27), make peace (James 3:18), make your calling and election sure (2Pe 1:10), make Him a liar) (1Jn 1:10, 5:10), made us a kingdom (kings) (Rev 1:6, 5:10), make them to come and bow down (Rev 3:9), make him a pillar (Rev 3:12), make war (Rev 11:7, 12:17, 13:7), makes fire come down (Rev 13:13), make an image to the beast (Rev 13:14), worship Him Who made heaven and earth (Rev 14:7), make her desolate and naked (Rev 17:16), to make war against Him who sat upon the horse (Rev 19:19), making all things new (Rev 21:5), practices lying (maketh a lie = KJV) (Rev 22:15) Louw-Nida summary of poieo - 1. do, make (Lk 13:22); 2. perform (almost any type of activity), act., carry out (Jn 13:27; Lk 23:34.); 3. To cause to be (Jn 19:12); 4. To work, toil (Mt 20:12); 5. To make, create or fashion (Rev 13:14); 6. To behave toward someone in a particular way (to do to, to deal with) (Mt 7:12; 1Jn 1:6); 7. To assign to a task (to cause someone to assume a particular type of function) (Mk 3:14); 8.To make profit, make money (Lk 19:18); 9. To be of opinion (an idiom, literally ‘to make of reason) (Acts 20:24) (Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament- Based on Semantic Domains) Poieo in Classical Greek frequently appears in relation to man and his work, e.g., the making of a grave, the building of a house or temple, or the production of a work of art. In Greek mythology poieō describes the creative activity of the gods. Complete Biblical Library Greek-English Dictionary - In the Septuagint poieō occurs more than 3,200 times and translates a great variety of Hebrew words. However, it most often translates ‛āsâh, “to make, do,” and less frequently bārâ’, “to create.” Poieō refers quite often to God’s activity. It denotes His involvement in the creation of heaven and earth (Genesis 1:7,16,21,25,31) and man (Genesis 1:26,27). God is the One who “creates” His chosen people; literally, “And now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob … ” (Isaiah 43:1; see also Isa 44:2). Poieō also refers to God’s action in bringing help and salvation to His people (Exodus 13:8; 14:13), and in working miracles (Exodus 15:11; Deuteronomy 11:3). Poieō also refers to human work. Man “prepares” cakes (Genesis 18:6), “makes” feasts (Genesis 21:8), “makes” war (Genesis 14:2), and “builds” altars (Exodus 20:24,25). Man was forbidden to “do” works on the Sabbath and Passover (Exodus 12:16; 20:9,10). (Complete Biblical Library - Greek-English Dictionary) Zodhiates - (I) To make, form, produce, bring about, cause, spoken of any external act as manifested in the production of something tangible, corporeal, obvious to the senses, completed action… (II) To do, expressing an action as continued or not yet completed, what one does repeatedly, habitually, like prássō (4238), to practice. (Complete Word Study Dictionary- New Testament) BDAG (summary - includes examples of uses in NT and the Septuagint - Lxx) - (1) to produce something material, make, manufacture, produce something. OF HUMAN ACTIVITY: Acts 9:39. Rev 13:14b. Acts 7:40 (Ex 32:1). pitch tents, build huts (1Chr 15:1; Mt 17:4; Mk 9:5; Lk 9:33. To make it (the tent of testimony) according to the model (Ex 25:40) Acts 7:44; cp. Heb 8:5. make something from or out of something Ex 20:24f; 28:15; 29:2) Jn 2:15; 9:6; Ro 9:21. OF DIVINE ACTIVITY: specifically of God’s creative activity create = Acts 7:50 (Isa 66:2). Heb 1:2 Acts 17:24. Ge 1:1; Ex 20:11; Ps 120:2; 145:6; Isa 37:16; Jer 39:17 Acts 4:24; 14:15b; cp. Rev 14:7. Lk 11:40 is classed here by many. Of the relation of Jesus to God = appointed him Heb 3:2 (cp. Isa 17:7).—God created them male and female Mt 19:4b; Mk 10:6 (both Ge 1:27c).—Pass. Heb 12:27.—the Creator Mt 19:4a. (2) to undertake or do something that brings about an event, state, or condition, = to do, cause, bring about, accomplish, prepare, etc. (a) do deeds, Rev 2:5. 1Cor 5:2 2Ti 4:5 Jn 7:21. Pl. 14:12a; cp. vs. 12bc. (b) do, perform miracles Mt 7:22; 13:58; Acts 19:11 Mk 6:5; 9:39. Mt 21:15 (Ex 4:17) Jn 2:23; 3:2; 7:31; 9:16; 11:47-48; 20:30; Rev 13:13a; 16:14; 19:20. Jn 6:30; 10:41. Acts 6:8; 7:36. Mk 3:8; 6:30; Lk 9:10.—Acts 10:39; 14:11. (c) of conditions bring about, etc.: make, establish peace Eph 2:15; Js 3:18; provide a way out 1Cor 10:13; cause a disturbance among the people Acts 24:12; create difficulties Ro 16:17. On Mk 6:20; they brought joy to the members Acts 15:3 (d) used w. a noun as a periphrasis for a simple verb of doing Heb 8:9 (Jer 38:32 cp. Is 28:15; Lk 18:7f; cp. Acts 7:24 (execute in) Jn 5:27; Jude 1:15.Jas 3:1. Lk 1:68 (=accomplished). Wage war (on someone) Rev 11:7; 12:17; 13:7 (Da 7:21 Ge 14:2). Eph 3:11; Mk 3:6; 15:1; Acts 23:12; Mk 15:7 (e) what is done is indicated by the neuter of an adj. or pron.: do what is good Ro 13:3; Jn 5:29; do good Mk 3:4; 1Pt 3:11 (Ps 33:15). Ro 7:21; 2 Cor 13:7b; Gal 6:9. Jas 4:17. Ro 13:4. 2Cor 13:7a, 1Pt 3:12 (Ps 33:17). Jn 8:29; cp. Heb 13:21b; 1Jn 3:22 1Cor 9:23; 10:31b;Mt 26:13; Mk 14:9; Jn 13:7, 27a. Mt 13:28; Mk 5:32; Lk 5:6; Jn 14:13, 14 Ro 7:15f, 20; 1Cor 11:24-25 Mt 21:23; 23:23; Gal 5:17; 2 Pt 1:10b. Jn 13:17; Ro 1:32; 2:3. Mt 5:46, 47b. Mk 10:17; cp. Jn 18:35; Mt 19:16. Mt 27:23; Lk 23:22; Mk 15:14. Mt 5:47a; what is this that you are doing? or why are you doing this? Mk 11:3; Acts 14:15a Mk 11:5. what are you doing, weeping? or what do you mean by weeping? Acts 21:13. do what you must do Jn 13:27 (f) of meals or banquets, and of festivities of which a banquet is the principal part = give - Lk 14:12. Mk 6:21; Lk 14:12, 16; Jn 12:2; Lk 5:29; 14:13; Mt 22:2.—Keep, celebrate the Passover feast Mt 26:18; Heb 11:28. (g) of the natural processes of growth; in plant life = send out, produce, bear, yield = Mt 3:10; 7:17, 18, 19; 13:26; Lk 3:9; 6:43; 8:8; 13:9; Rev 22:2; also in imagery Mt 3:8; 21:43; Lk 3:8. Mk 4:32. Jas 3:12—Of capital yielding a return = the mina has made five minas Lk 19:18. Also of a person who operates w. capital make money = Mt 25:16. (h) with focus on causality (the relation between a cause and its effect ) α. The result of the action is indicated by the acc. and inf.; make (to), cause (someone) to, bring it about that = Mt 5:32. Mk 1:17. Cp. Mk 7:37b; Lk 5:34 (force someone to fast); Jn 6:10; Acts 17:26; Rev 13:13b.— Rev 3:9; cp. Rev 13:12b, 16. Jn 11:37; Col 4:16; Rv 13:15.—as though we had made him walk Acts 3:12 β. w. a double accusative, of the obj. and the pred. = make someone or someth. (into) someth. Mt 4:19. Mt 21:13; Mk 11:17; Lk 19:46. Cp. Mt 23:15b; Jn 2:16; 4:46, 54; cp. Jn 2:11; Acts 2:36; 2Cor 5:21; Heb 1:7 (Ps 103:4); Rev 1:6; 3:12 Lk 15:19, 21 v.l. (cp. Ge 45:8; 48:20; take him by force, in order to make (him) king Jn 6:15.—1Cor 6:15. Claim that someone is something = pretend that someone is someth. Jn 8:53; 10:33; 19:7, 12; 1Jn 1:10; 5:10; make the paths straight Mt 3:3; Mk 1:3; Lk 3:4. Mt 5:36. Cp. Mt 12:16; 20:12b; 26:73; 28:14; Mk 3:12; Jn 5:11, 15; 7:23; 16:2; Acts 7:19; Eph 2:14 Rev 12:15; 21:5. (thereby) declaring that he was equal to God or making himself equal to God Jn 5:18. γ. w. adv. of place send outside = put someone out (=send outside) Acts 5:34. (3) to carry out an obligation of a moral or social nature, = to do, keep, carry out, practice, commit (a) Do, keep the will or law obediently = Mt 7:21; 12:50; Mk 3:35; J 4:34; 6:38; 7:17; 9:31; Eph 6:6; Heb 10:7, 9 (both Ps 39:9), Heb 10:36; 13:21; 1J n2:17; (b) Do, practice virtues = live the truth Jn 3:21 1Jn 2:29; 3:7, 10; Rev 22:11 (c) Do, commit, be guilty of sins and vices - Jn 8:34; 2Cor 11:7; 1Pt 2:22; 1Jn 3:4, 8, 9; Jas 5:15 (d) The manner of action is more definitely indicated by means of an adverb. = do good or well Mt 12:12; 1Cor 7:37, 38a Jas 2:8, 19; act shrewdly Lk 16:8; (e) The manner of the action is more definitely indicated by a prepositional expression = do or act in accordance w. something; as they do Mt 23:3b; Lk 2:27. (4) To do something to others or something, do something to/with, of behavior involving others, with some indication of the person (or thing) with whom something is done; the action may result to the advantage or disadvantage of this person: To someone's advantage = Mt 27:22, 20:32, 25:40, 45, To someone's disadvantage -Mt 21:40, Mk 9:13 (5) To do, make, with variations in specialized expressions (a) To get or gain something for oneself, provide oneself with something = Lk 12:33; 16:9 Jesus was gaining disciples Jn 4:1. (b) of mental construction assume, suppose, take as an example = suppose the tree is good Mt 12:33. (c) With an accusative of time = to spend, stay Acts 15:33;18:23, 20:3. (d) Kalos poiein = do well - Phil 4:14; 2Pet 1:19; 3Jn 1:6 (e) this day of the Lord will turn out as (the Lord) wills - Mt 6:34 = the day of the Lord shall itself bring things about as (the Lord) wills. (6) to be active in some way = work, be active - Rev 13:5 (7) To make/do something for oneself or of oneself - Lk 5:33 ( A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature) Complete Biblical Library Greek-English Dictionary - In the New Testament poieō has a wide variety of meanings: “to make, do, create, bring about, execute, work, appoint, produce, accomplish, perform, act.” As in the Old Testament, God is proclaimed as the One who created heaven and earth and everything that therein is (Acts 4:24; 14:15; 17:24; Revelation 14:7). He “brings about” justice for His chosen ones (Luke 18:7) and “executes” judgment upon all (Jude 15). God “brings” redemption to His people (Luke 1:68), “performs” mercy (Luke 1:72), and “works” in believers what is pleasing to Him (Hebrews 13:21). He “makes” himself known to the Gentiles (Acts 15:17) and “acted” through Paul and Barnabas (Acts 14:27; 15:4; 21:19). Poieō is often used in reference to the acts of Jesus while He was on earth. He “appointed” disciples (Mark 1:17), “performed” miracles (Matthew 21:15; Mark 6:5; etc.), and was accused of “making himself equal with God” (John 5:18; 8:53; 10:33; 19:7). Only in a few passages does poieō refer to the work of the exalted Lord (Revelation 1:6; 3:9,12; 5:10). Besides the many references of poieō in relation to usual human work, we see that man is responsible to “do” the will of God (Ephesians 6:6; Hebrews 10:36) and to “do” something to attain salvation (Mark 10:17; John 6:28; Acts 2:37). However, to “do” the works of the Law is contrasted with faith (Romans 10:5,6; Galatians 3:10,12). Poieō can have a wide variety of meanings depending on its object, e.g., “establish” peace (James 3:18); “prepare” meals or banquets (Luke 14:12); “produce” fruit (Matthew 3:10); “practice” virtues (John 3:21; 1 John 1:6); or “commit” sins (John 8:34). (Complete Biblical Library - Greek-English Dictionary) Vine - TO MAKE 1. poieo (4160), “to do, to make,” is used in the latter sense (a) of constructing or producing anything, of the creative acts of God, e.g., Matt. 19:4 (2nd part); Acts 17:24; of the acts of human beings, e.g., Matt. 17:4; Acts 9:39; (b) with nouns denoting a state or condition, to be the author of, to cause, e.g., peace, Eph. 2:15; Jas. 3:18; stumbling blocks, Rom. 16:17; (c) with nouns involving the idea of action (or of something accomplished by action), so as to express the idea of the verb more forcibly (the middle voice is commonly used in this respect, suggesting the action as being of special interest to the doer); for the active voice see, e.g., Mark 2:23, of “making” one’s way, where the idea is not that the disciples “made” a path through the standing corn, but simply that they went, the phrase being equivalent to going, “(they began) as they went (to pluck the ears)”; other instances of the active are Rev. 13:13, 14; 16:14; 19:20; for the middle voice (the dynamic or subjective middle), see, e.g., John 14:23, “will make Our abode”; in Acts 20:24, “none of these things move me,” lit., “I make account of none of these things”; 25:17, “I made no delay” rv, Rom. 15:26; Eph. 4:16; Heb. 1:2; 2 Pet. 1:10; (d) to “make” ready or prepare, e.g., a dinner, Luke 14:12; a supper, John 12:2; (e) to acquire, provide a thing for oneself, Matt. 25:16; Luke 19:18; (J) to render or “make” one or oneself anything, or cause a person or thing to become something, e.g., Matt. 4:19; 12:16, “make (Him known)”; John 5:11, 15, to “make” whole; 16:2, lit., “they shall make (you put out of the synagogue)”; Eph. 2:14; Heb. 1:7; to change one thing into another, Matt. 21:13; John 2:16; 4:46; 1 Cor. 6:15; (g) to constitute one anything, e.g., Acts 2:36, (h) to declare one or oneself anything, John 5:18, “making (Himself equal with God)”; 8:53; 10:33; 19:7, 12; 1 John 1:10; 5:10; (i) to “make” one do a thing, e.g., Luke 5:34; John 6:10; Rev. 3:9. See do, (2) TO DO - i.e., to adopt a way of expressing by act the thoughts and feelings. It stands for a number of such acts, chiefly “to make, produce, create, cause,” e.g., Mt. 17:4. POIEO is used of spending a time or tarrying, in a place, Acts 15:33; 20:3; in 2Cor 11:25 it is rendered “I have been (a night and a day)”; a preferable translation is “I have spent,” as in Jas. 4:13, “spend a year” (rv). So in Matt. 20:12. Cf., the English idiom “did one hour”; in Rev. 13:5 “continue” is perhaps the best rendering. POIEO - To appoint (name officially) - Heb 3:2, , Mk 3:14 POIEO - sometimes means “to produce, bear,” Luke 8:8; 13:9; Jas. 3:12 (kjv, “bear,” rv, “yield”); Rev. 22:2. It is used of the bringing forth of fruit, Mt. 3:8, 10; 7:17, 18. (Make - Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words) (Do, Done - Vine's ) NIDNTT - Poieo in Classic Greek = 1. The verb POIEO, attested since Homer, and generally to be trans. to do, to make, has passed through a varied development. It is the basic term for all activity. The subjects belonging to the verb include both divinities and human beings; more rarely they are material subjects (e.g. the soil or a tree produces). (a) In so far as Gk. literature reports the doings of the gods… the word takes on the meaning of to create, generate, give shape to. (b) Human doing and making can refer to any kind of activity. Used intrans., POIEO has the meaning of to act; positive or negative valuation is given from an ethical point of view. (New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology) TDNTA - I. The Greek World and Stoicism. 1. In myths poiéō denotes the creative activity of deity. Zeus creates all things, including heaven and the gods. Plato has the term for creating by the chief deity but not for fashioning by the demiurge. God is ho poien. 2. The Stoics seldom use the group for their deity. The lógos ho theós dwelling in hýlē is tó poioún for Zeno etc., but later writers do not use the group apart from Epictetus with his more personal view of God as poiētes or pater. Stoicism in general is more interested in the permeation of the world by deity and its resultant beauty and harmony. II. The LXX. 1. The LXX often uses the group for God’s creative activity. God created heaven and earth (Gen. 1:1ff). He created humanity (1:27). He is ho poiesas (Pr. 14:31). He is the Creator of the chosen people (Isa 43:1). poíēsis denotes either his creating (Ps. 19:2) or his creation (Sir. 16:26). 2. The LXX often uses the terms for God’s dealings in history. The poiēmata denote his actions or works (Eccl. 1:14). These take the twofold form of judgment (Nu 14:35; Ezek. 5:10) and salvation (Ex. 13:8). Signs and mighty acts testify to his working (Ex. 15:11; Dt. 11:3). 3. Angels etc. execute God’s word (Job 40:19; Ps. 103:20). (Theological Dictionary of the New Testament- Abridged in One Volume) Friberg - I. active, with a basic meaning make, do, and the translation varying widely to suit the context; (1) of human activity involving external things make, construct, form (Mt 17.4); (2) of God’s creative activity create (Mt 19.4); (3) of undertaking actions, bringing about states or conditions accomplish, do (a work) (Jn 8.41), perform (miracles) (Mt 7.22), bring about or make (peace) (Eph 2.15), prepare or give (a feast) (Luke 14.12), keep (a festival) (Mt 26.18), appoint (followers) (Mk 3.14), establish (a covenant) (Heb 8.9), wage (war) (Rev 11.7), do (good or evil) (Ro 13.3), acquire or make (a gain) (Lk 19.18), etc.; (4) of the natural processes of growth produce, yield, bear, send out, bring forth (Mt 3.10); (5) with the accusative and an infinitive to indicate the result of an action cause someone to, make or force someone to, bring it about that someone (Mt 5.32; Mk 1.17); (6) with a double accusative as the object and predicate make someone or something (to be) something (Mt 4.19; 21.13); (7) used with a noun to form a periphrasis for a simple verb of doing (e.g. literally make the vengeance, i.e. avenge Lk 18.7; literally make an ambush, i.e. plot, lie in wait Acts 25.3); (8) with the manner of the action indicated by an adverb do (well) (Mt 12.12), act (wisely) (Lk 16.8), proceed (in the same way) (Mt 20.5); II. middle, with basic meanings make or do something for oneself or perform with one’s own resources; (1) periphrastically, for a simple verbal idea: literally do a tarrying, i.e. make one’s home with (Jn 14.23); literally make a throwing out, i.e. jettison (cargo) (Acts 27.18);literally make a remembrance, i.e. remember, keep in mind (2Pe 1.15); etc.; (2) with a double accusative as the object and predicate - literally make firm the call, i.e. make one’s calling (to be) sure (2Pe 1.10) (Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament) Poieo has a number of combination words and derivatives: agathopoieō = to do good to Mk 3:4, Lk 6:9, 33 agathopoiia = Well-doing, a course of right action 1Pe 4:19 agathopoios = well doer 1Pe 2:14 acheiropoiētos = Not made with hands Mk 14:58, 2Cor 5:1, Col 2:11 eirēnopoiéō = to make peace; Col 1:20 eirēnopoios = Making peace. Mt 5:9 eupoiia noun = Doing good. Heb 13:16 zōopoiéō = to make alive; Jn 5:21, 6:63, Ro 4:17, 8:11 kakopoieō verb = Do evil, harm, do wrong. Mk 3:4, Lk 6:9, 1Pe 3:17, 3Jn 1:11 kakopoiós = evildoer; 1Pe 2:12, 14, 3:16, 4:15 kalopoiéō = to live virtuously; 2Th 3:13 moschopoiéō = to make a calf; Acts 7:41 hodopoieō verb = Make a path, make a way. Mk 2:23 ochlopoiéō = to make a crowd; Form a mob, Acts 17:5 peripoiéō = to purchase, acquire, preserve, keep; Lk 17:33 Acts 20:28 1Ti 3:13 poíēma = creation, work, action; Ro 1:20, Eph 2:10 poíēsis = performance, action; James 1:25 poiētes = creator, maker, doer; Acts 17:28 prospoiéomai = to pretend; act as if - Lk 24:28 skēnopoiós = tentmaker; Acts 18:3 suzōopoieō = To make alive together with. Eph 2:15, Col 2:13 cheiropoíētos = make by hands. Mk 14:58, Acts 7:48, 17:24, Eph 2:11, Heb 9:11, 24 Poieo - 568x in 514v in NAS - IN THE GOSPELS: Mt 1:24; 3:3, 8, 10; 4:19; 5:19, 32, 36, 46-47; 6:1-3; 7:12, 17-19, 21-22, 24, 26; 8:9; 9:28; 12:2-3, 12, 16, 33, 50; 13:23, 26, 28, 41, 58; 17:4, 12; 18:35; 19:4, 16; 20:5, 12, 15, 32; 21:6, 13, 15, 21, 23-24, 27, 31, 36, 40, 43; 22:2; 23:3, 5, 15, 23; 24:46; 25:40, 45; 26:12-13, 18-19, 73; 27:22-23; 28:14-15; Mark 1:3, 17; 2:23ff; 3:4, 8, 12, 14, 16, 35; 4:32; 5:19f, 32; 6:5, 21, 30; 7:12f, 37; 9:5, 13, 39; 10:6, 17, 35f, 51; 11:3, 5, 17, 28f, 33; 12:9; 14:7ff; 15:1, 7f, 12, 14f; Luke 1:25, 49, 51, 68, 72; 2:27, 48; 3:4, 8ff, 14, 19; 4:23; 5:6, 29, 33f; 6:2f, 10f, 23, 26f, 31, 33, 43, 46f, 49; 7:8; 8:8, 21, 39; 9:10, 15, 33, 43; 10:25, 28, 37; 11:40, 42; 12:4, 17f, 33, 43, 47f; 13:9, 22; 14:12f, 16; 15:19; 16:3f, 8f; 17:9f; 18:7f, 18, 41; 19:18, 46, 48; 20:2, 8, 13, 15; 22:19; 23:22, 31, 34; John 2:5, 11, 15f, 18, 23; 3:2, 21; 4:1, 29, 34, 39, 45f, 54; 5:11, 15f, 18ff, 27, 29f, 36; 6:2, 6, 10, 14f, 28, 30, 38; 7:3f, 17, 19, 21, 23, 31, 51; 8:28f, 34, 38ff, 44, 53; 9:6, 11, 14, 16, 26, 31, 33; 10:25, 33, 37f, 41; 11:37, 45ff; 12:2, 16, 18, 37; 13:7, 12, 15, 17, 27; 14:10, 12ff, 23, 31; 15:5, 14f, 21, 24; 16:2f; 17:4; 18:18, 30, 35; 19:7, 12, 23f; 20:30; 21:25; Acts 1:1; 2:22, 36f; 3:12; 4:7, 16, 24, 28; 5:34; 6:8; 7:19, 24, 36, 40, 43f, 50; 8:2, 6; 9:6, 13, 36, 39; 10:2, 33, 39; 11:30; 12:8; 13:22; 14:11, 15, 27; 15:3f, 12, 17, 33; 16:18, 21, 30; 17:24, 26; 18:23; 19:11, 14, 24; 20:3, 24; 21:13, 19, 23, 33; 22:10, 26; 23:12f; 24:12, 17; 25:3, 17; 26:10, 28; 27:18; 28:17; IN THE EPISTLES Rom 1:9, 28, 32; 2:3, 14; 3:8, 12; 4:21; 7:15f, 19ff; 9:20f, 28; 10:5; 12:20; 13:3f, 14; 15:26; 16:17; 1Cor 6:15, 18; 7:36ff; 9:23; 10:13, 31; 11:24f; 15:29; 16:1; 2Cor 5:21; 8:10f; 11:7, 12, 25; 13:7; Gal 2:10; 3:10, 12; 5:3, 17; 6:9; Eph 1:16; 2:3, 14f; 3:11, 20; 4:16; 6:6, 8f; Phil 1:4; 2:14; 4:14; Col 3:17, 23; 4:16; 1Thess 1:2; 4:10; 5:11, 24; 2Thess 3:4; 1 Tim 1:13; 2:1; 4:16; 5:21; 2 Tim 4:5; Titus 3:5; Philemon 1:4, 14, 21; Heb 1:2f, 7; 3:2; 6:3; 7:27; 8:5, 9; 10:7, 9, 36; 11:28; 12:13, 27; 13:6, 17, 19, 21; Jas 2:8, 12f, 19; 3:12, 18; 4:13, 15, 17; 5:15; 1 Pet 2:22; 3:11f; 2 Pet 1:10, 15, 19; 1 John 1:6, 10; 2:17, 29; 3:4, 7ff, 22; 5:2, 10; 3 John 1:5f, 10; Jude 1:3, 15; Rev 1:6; 2:5; 3:9, 12; 5:10; 11:7; 12:15, 17; 13:5, 7, 12ff; 14:7; 16:14; 17:16f; 19:19f; 21:5, 27; 22:2, 11, 15 Poieo - Translated in NAS - Usage: accomplished(1), act(4), acted(3), acting(1), acts(2), appointed(3), away*(1), bear(5), bearing(1), bears(3), become(1), bore(1), bring(1), bring… to pass(1), bring about(2), bringing(1), brings forth(1), call(1), carried(1), carries(1), carry(1), cause(3), causes(2), causing(1), commit(2), commits(2), committed(4), composed(1), consider(1), created things(1), dealt(1), did(33), did… do(2), do(170), does(16), does… do(1), doing(38), done(43), establishing(1), execute(4), exercises(1), expose*(1), formed(1), formed a conspiracy(1), forms(1), gave(4), give(4), gives(1), giving(1), have(2), have kept(1), having(1), held(1), indulging(1), keep(3), keeps(1), kept(1), made(38), make(47), makes(7), making(9), observe(2), offer(1), offering(1), perform(4), performed(8), performing(7), performs(1), practice(5), practices(11), practicing(1), present(1), proceeding(1), produce(3), produced(1), produces(2), producing(1), provide(1), put(1), satisfy*(1), setting(1), show(2), showed(1), shown(1), spend(1), spent(4), took(1), treat(6), treated(1), weaker(1), worked(1), working(1). As there are so many uses of poieo in the NT, here are only a sample - all uses in the Gospel of Matthew… Matt 1:24 And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took [her] as his wife, Matt 3:3 For this is the one referred to by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, ‘MAKE READY THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT!’” Matt 3:8 “Therefore bring forth fruit in keeping with repentance; Matt 3:10 “And the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Matt 4:19 And He *said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Matt 5:19 “Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and so teaches others, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches [them,] he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Matt 5:32 but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for [the] cause of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. Matt 5:36 “Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Matt 5:46 “For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax-gatherers do the same? Matt 5:47 “And if you greet your brothers only, what do you do more [than others?] Do not even the Gentiles do the same? Matt 6:1 “Beware of practicing (present tense) your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. Matt 6:2 “When therefore you give alms (do charitable giving), do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. Matt 6:3 “But when you give alms (do charitable giving), do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing Matt 7:12 “Therefore, however you want people to treat you, so treat them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. Matt 7:17 “Even so, every good tree bears good fruit; but the bad tree bears bad fruit. Matt 7:18 “A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. Matt 7:19 “Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Matt 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. Matt 7:22 “Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform (do) many miracles?’ Matt 7:24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts upon (does) them, may be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock. Matt 7:26 “And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not act upon (does) them, will be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand. Matt 8:9 “For I, too, am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does [it].” Matt 9:28 And after He had come into the house, the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus *said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They *said to Him, “Yes, Lord.” Matt 12:2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, “Behold, Your disciples do what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.” Matt 12:3 But He said to them, “Have you not read what David did, when he became hungry, he and his companions; Matt 12:12 “Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” Matt 12:16 and warned them not to make Him known, Matt 12:33 “Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit. Matt 12:50 “For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother.” Matt 13:23 “And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit, and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.” Matt 13:26 “But when the wheat sprang up and bore grain, then the tares became evident also. Matt 13:28 “And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ And the slaves *said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’ Matt 13:41 “The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness, Matt 13:58 And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief. Matt 17:4 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, I will make three tabernacles here, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” Matt 17:12 but I say to you, that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.” Matt 18:35 “So shall My heavenly Father also do to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart.” Matt 19:4 And He answered and said, “Have you not read, that He who created (ktizo) [them] from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, Matt 19:16 And behold, one came to Him and said, “Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life?” Matt 20:5 “Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same thing. Matt 20:12 saying, ‘These last men have worked [only] one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’ Matt 20:15 ‘Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?’ Matt 20:32 And Jesus stopped and called them, and said, “What do you want Me to do for you?” Matt 21:6 And the disciples went and did just as Jesus had directed them, Matt 21:13 And He *said to them, “It is written, ‘MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER’; but you are making it a ROBBERS’ DEN.” Matt 21:15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant, Matt 21:21 And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith, and do not doubt, you shall not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it shall happen. Matt 21:23 And when He had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him as He was teaching, and said, “By what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?” Matt 21:24 And Jesus answered and said to them, “I will ask you one thing too, which if you tell Me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things. Matt 21:27 And answering Jesus, they said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. Matt 21:31 “Which of the two did the will of his father?” They *said, “The latter.” Jesus *said to them, “Truly I say to you that the tax-gatherers and harlots will get into the kingdom of God before you. Matt 21:36 “Again he sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them. Matt 21:40 “Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?” Matt 21:43 “Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and be given to a nation producing the fruit of it. Matt 22:2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king, who gave (made) a wedding feast for his son. Matt 23:3 therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say [things,] and do not do [them.] Matt 23:5 “But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries, and lengthen the tassels [of their garments.] Matt 23:15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel about on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. Matt 23:23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others. Matt 24:46 “Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes. Matt 25:40 “And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, [even] the least [of them,] you did it to Me.’ Matt 25:45 “Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ Matt 26:12 “For when she poured this perfume upon My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial. Matt 26:13 “Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done shall also be spoken of in memory of her.” Matt 26:18 And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand; I [am to] keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.”’” Matt 26:19 And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover. Matt 26:73 And a little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Surely you too are [one] of them; for the way you talk gives you away (makes [= poieo] you manifest [= delos\).” Matt 27:22 Pilate *said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all *said, “Let Him be crucified!” Matt 27:23 And he said, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they kept shouting all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!” Matt 28:14 “And if this should come to the governor’s ears, we will win him over and keep you out of trouble.” (Lit make you free from care) Matt 28:15 And they took the money and did as they had been instructed; and this story was widely spread among the Jews, [and is] to this day. Poieo in the non-apocryphal Septuagint - Gen 1:1, 7, 11f, 16, 21, 25ff, 31; 2:2ff, 18; 3:1, 7, 13f, 21; 4:10; 5:1f; 6:6f, 14ff, 22; 7:4f; 8:6, 13, 21; 9:6, 24; 11:4, 6; 12:2, 18; 13:4, 16; 14:2; 18:5ff, 17, 19, 25; 19:3, 8, 19, 22; 20:5f, 9f, 13; 21:1, 6, 8, 13, 18, 22f, 26; 22:12, 16; 24:12, 14, 44, 49, 66; 26:10, 29f; 27:4, 7, 9, 14, 17, 19, 31, 37, 45; 28:15; 29:22, 25, 28; 30:30f; 31:1, 12, 16, 26, 43, 46; 32:9f, 12, 16; 33:2, 17; 34:7, 14, 19, 30; 35:1, 3; 37:3; 38:10; 39:3, 9, 11, 19, 22f; 40:14f, 20; 41:25, 28, 32, 34, 47, 51, 55; 42:18, 20, 28; 43:11, 17; 44:5, 7, 15, 17; 45:8f, 17, 21; 46:3; 47:29f; 48:4, 20; 50:10, 12; Exod 1:17f, 20f; 3:20; 4:11, 15, 17, 21, 30; 5:8, 15f; 6:1; 7:6, 10f, 20, 22; 8:7, 13, 18, 24, 31; 9:5f; 10:2, 25; 11:10; 12:12, 16f, 28, 35, 39, 47f, 50; 13:5, 8; 14:4f, 11, 13, 21, 31; 15:11, 26; 16:17; 17:4, 6, 10; 18:1, 8f, 14, 17f, 20, 23ff; 19:4, 8; 20:4, 6, 9ff, 23ff; 21:9, 11, 31; 22:30; 23:11f, 15f, 22, 24, 33; 24:3, 7; 25:8ff, 13, 17ff, 23ff, 28f, 31, 37f, 40; 26:1, 4ff, 10f, 14ff, 22ff, 26, 29, 31, 36f; 27:1ff, 6, 8f; 28:2ff, 6, 13ff, 22, 31, 33, 36, 39f, 42; 29:1f, 35f, 38f, 41; 30:1, 3ff, 18, 25, 32f, 35, 37f; 31:6, 11, 14ff; 32:1, 4, 8, 10, 14, 20f, 23, 28, 31, 35; 33:5, 17; 34:7, 10, 17, 22; 35:1f, 29, 32f, 35; 36:1, 3ff, 7f, 34f, 37; 37:1, 6, 10, 15ff, 29; 38:1, 3f, 8f, 20, 22, 28, 30; 39:1f, 4ff, 8f, 15f, 19f, 22, 24f, 27, 30, 32, 42f; 40:16, 30; Lev 2:7f, 11; 4:2, 13, 20, 22, 27; 5:4, 10, 17; 6:3, 7, 21f; 7:9, 24; 8:4f, 34, 36; 9:6f, 16, 22; 10:7; 11:32; 13:51; 14:19, 30; 15:15, 30f; 16:15f, 24, 29, 34; 17:4, 8f; 18:3ff, 26f, 29f; 19:4, 15, 27f, 35, 37; 20:8, 13, 22f; 22:23f, 31; 23:3, 7f, 12, 19, 21, 25, 28, 30f, 35f; 24:5, 19, 23; 25:18, 21; 26:1, 3, 14ff, 22; Num 1:54; 2:34; 4:3, 19, 23, 26, 35, 39; 5:4, 6f, 30; 6:11, 16f; 8:3f, 7, 12, 20, 22, 26; 9:2ff, 10ff; 10:2, 29, 32; 11:8, 15; 14:11f, 22, 28, 35; 15:3, 5f, 8, 11ff, 22, 24, 29f, 34, 38ff; 16:6, 28, 38; 17:11; 20:27; 21:8f, 34; 22:2, 17f, 20, 28, 30; 23:2, 11, 19, 26, 30; 24:13f, 18; 27:22; 28:4f, 8, 15, 18, 21, 24ff, 31; 29:1f, 7, 12, 35, 39; 30:2; 31:31; 32:8, 13, 20, 23ff, 31; 33:4, 56; 36:10; Deut 1:14, 18, 30, 44; 2:12, 22, 29; 3:2, 6, 21, 24; 4:1, 3, 5f, 13f, 16, 23, 25, 34; 5:1, 8, 10, 13f, 27, 31f; 6:1, 3, 18, 24f; 7:5, 11f, 18f; 8:1, 16ff; 9:12, 14, 16, 18, 21; 10:1, 3, 5, 18, 21f; 11:3ff, 22, 32; 12:1, 4, 8, 14, 25, 27f, 30ff; 13:11, 18; 14:29; 15:1, 3, 5, 11, 15, 17f; 16:1, 8, 10, 12f, 21; 17:2, 10ff, 19; 18:9, 12; 19:9, 19f; 20:12, 15, 18, 20; 21:9; 22:3, 5, 8, 12, 21, 26; 23:23; 24:8f, 18, 20, 22; 25:9, 16f; 26:14, 16, 19; 27:10, 15, 26; 28:1, 13, 15, 20, 58, 63; 29:2, 9, 24, 29; 30:5, 8, 10, 12ff; 31:4f, 12, 18, 21, 29; 32:6, 15, 27, 39, 46; 33:21; 34:9, 11f; Josh 1:7f, 16; 2:10, 12, 14; 3:5; 4:8, 23; 5:2f, 10; 6:14, 18, 26; 7:9, 15, 19f; 8:2, 8; 9:3f, 9f, 15, 20, 24ff; 10:1, 25, 28, 30, 32, 35, 37, 39; 11:9, 15, 18; 14:5; 17:13; 22:5, 23f, 26, 28; 23:3, 6, 8, 12; 24:5, 7, 20, 31; Jdg 1:7, 24, 28; 2:2, 7, 10f, 17; 3:7, 12, 16; 4:1; 6:1f, 17, 19f, 27, 29, 40; 7:17; 8:1ff, 27, 35; 9:16, 19, 27, 33, 48, 56; 10:6, 15; 11:10, 27, 36f, 39; 13:1, 8, 15f, 19; 14:6, 10; 15:3, 6f, 10f; 17:3ff, 8; 18:3f, 14, 18, 24, 27, 31; 19:21, 23f; 20:6, 9f, 32; 21:7, 11, 15f, 22f, 25; Ruth 1:8, 17; 2:11, 19; 3:4ff, 11, 16; 4:11; 1 Sam 1:7, 23f; 2:10, 14, 19, 22ff, 35; 3:11, 17f; 5:8f; 6:2, 7, 9f; 8:8, 12; 10:2, 7f; 11:7, 10, 13; 12:6f, 16f, 20; 13:9, 11, 19; 14:6f, 15, 36, 40, 43ff, 48; 15:2, 6, 19; 16:3f; 19:5, 18; 20:1f, 4, 8, 13f, 32; 22:3; 24:4, 6, 18f; 25:17f, 22, 28, 30; 26:16, 25; 27:11; 28:2, 9, 15, 17f; 29:7f; 30:23; 31:11; 2Sam 2:5f; 3:8f, 18, 20, 24f, 35f, 39; 5:25; 7:3, 9, 21, 23; 8:8, 13, 15; 9:1, 3, 7, 11; 10:2, 12; 11:11, 27; 12:4ff, 9, 12, 18, 21, 31; 13:2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 16, 27, 29; 14:15, 20ff; 15:1, 6, 20, 26; 16:10, 20; 17:6; 18:4, 13; 19:13, 18, 24, 27, 37f; 21:3f, 11, 14; 22:51; 23:10, 12, 17, 22; 24:10, 12, 17; 1 Kgs 1:5f, 30; 2:3, 5ff, 9, 23f, 31, 35, 38, 44; 3:6, 12, 15, 28; 5:8f, 16; 6:4f, 16, 20, 23, 31, 33; 7:14, 16ff, 23, 27, 37f, 40, 45, 47f, 51; 8:18, 30, 32, 39, 43, 45, 59, 64ff; 9:1, 3f, 8, 26; 10:9, 12, 16, 18; 11:6, 8, 10, 12, 25, 33, 38, 41; 12:21, 24, 28, 31ff; 13:11, 33; 14:22, 24, 27, 29; 15:3, 5, 7, 11ff, 23, 26, 31, 34; 16:5, 7, 14, 19, 25, 27f, 30, 33; 17:5, 12f, 15; 18:13, 23, 25f, 29f, 33f, 36; 19:1f, 20; 20:9f, 22, 24f; 21:7, 11, 20, 25f; 22:11, 22, 39, 43, 45, 52; 2 Kgs 1:18; 2:9; 3:2, 16; 4:2, 5, 10, 13f; 5:13, 17; 6:2, 15, 31; 7:2, 6, 9, 12, 19; 8:2, 4, 12f, 18, 23, 27; 10:5, 10, 19, 21, 24f, 30, 34; 11:5, 9; 12:2, 11, 13ff, 19; 13:2, 8, 11f; 14:3, 15, 18, 24, 28; 15:3, 6, 9, 18, 21, 24, 26, 28, 31, 34, 36; 16:2, 16, 19; 17:2, 8, 11f, 15ff, 19, 22, 29ff, 34, 37, 40f; 18:3f, 7, 12, 31; 19:11, 15, 30f; 20:3, 9, 20; 21:2f, 6, 9, 11, 15ff, 20, 25; 22:2, 5, 7, 9, 13; 23:4, 12, 15, 19, 21, 28, 32, 37; 24:3, 5, 9, 13, 16, 19; 25:16; 1 Chr 4:10; 5:10, 19; 10:11; 11:14, 19, 24; 12:32; 13:4; 14:16; 15:1, 19; 16:9, 12, 26; 17:2, 8, 19; 18:8, 14; 19:2, 13; 20:3; 21:8, 10, 17, 23, 29; 22:8, 12f, 15f; 23:5, 24; 26:8, 10; 28:10, 20; 29:19; 2 Chr 1:3, 5, 8; 2:3, 7, 12, 14, 18; 3:8, 10, 14ff; 4:1f, 4, 6ff, 11, 14, 16, 18f; 5:1; 6:8, 13, 23, 33, 35, 39; 7:7ff, 17, 21; 9:8, 11, 15, 17; 11:1, 15; 12:9f, 14; 13:8f; 14:2, 4, 7; 16:14; 18:10, 21; 19:6f, 9ff; 20:12, 32, 36; 21:6, 11, 19; 22:4; 23:4, 8; 24:2, 7, 11ff, 16, 22, 24; 25:2, 9, 16; 26:4, 11, 13, 15; 27:2; 28:1f, 24f; 29:2, 6; 30:1ff, 5, 12f, 21, 23; 31:20f; 32:13, 15, 27; 33:2f, 6ff, 22; 34:2, 10, 13, 16f, 21, 32f; 35:1, 6, 16ff, 21; 36:2, 5, 8f, 12; Ezra 3:4, 8f; 4:22; 6:8, 11, 13, 16, 19, 22; 7:10, 18, 26; 10:4f, 11f, 16, 37; Neh 1:9; 2:12, 16, 19; 4:16f, 21; 5:9, 12f, 15, 19; 6:2f, 9, 13; 8:12, 15ff; 9:6, 10, 17f, 24, 26, 28f, 31, 33f; 10:29; 11:12; 12:27; 13:5, 7, 10, 14, 17f, 20, 27; Esther 1:1, 3, 5, 8f, 13, 15, 20f; 2:4, 18, 20; 3:2, 7; 4:17; 5:4f, 8, 11; 6:3, 6, 10; 7:5; 8:3, 12; 9:29; 10:3; Job 1:4f, 10, 17; 5:9, 11f, 18; 7:18, 21; 8:3; 9:9f, 12, 17; 10:8, 14; 11:7f, 10, 14; 12:9; 13:9; 14:3, 9, 13; 15:27; 16:7; 17:2; 19:2f; 21:31; 22:4, 17, 23; 23:9, 13; 24:12, 21; 25:2; 26:14; 28:24, 26; 29:4; 30:24; 31:3, 14; 33:4; 34:8, 11ff, 22; 35:3, 6, 10; 37:5, 15; 40:19f; 41:26, 33; 42:8f; Ps 1:3; 7:3; 9:4, 15f; 11:3; 14:1, 3; 15:3, 5; 18:50; 22:31; 31:23; 34:14, 16; 37:1, 3, 5, 7, 27; 39:9; 40:5, 8; 50:21; 51:4; 52:2, 9; 53:1, 3; 56:4, 11; 60:12; 66:15f; 71:19; 72:18; 74:17; 77:14; 78:4, 12; 83:9; 86:9f, 17; 88:10; 95:5f; 96:5; 98:1; 99:4; 100:3; 101:3, 7; 103:6, 10, 18, 20f; 104:4, 19, 24, 32; 105:5; 106:2f, 19, 21; 107:23, 37; 108:13; 109:16, 21, 27; 111:4, 8, 10; 115:3, 8, 15; 118:6, 15f, 24; 119:65, 73, 84, 112, 121, 124, 126; 121:2; 124:8; 126:2f; 134:3; 135:6f, 18; 136:4f, 7; 139:15; 140:12; 143:8, 10; 145:19; 146:6f; 147:20; 148:8; 149:2, 7, 9; Pr 1:7, 25; 2:16; 3:27f; 4:26f; 5:7f; 6:3, 8; 7:10; 8:23, 26, 28f; 10:16; 11:17f, 24; 12:22; 13:6, 23; 14:27, 31; 16:7, 12; 17:5, 16, 22, 28; 20:11; 21:3, 15, 25; 22:2, 16; 24:34; 25:22; 26:28; 29:13; 30:8, 26; 31:4, 13, 22, 24, 29; Eccl 1:9, 14; 2:2f, 5f, 8, 11f, 17; 3:9, 11f, 14; 4:3; 5:1; 6:12; 7:14, 20, 29; 8:3f, 9ff, 14, 16f; 9:3, 6, 10; 10:19; 11:5; 12:12; Song 1:11; 3:9f; 8:8; Isa 1:17, 24; 2:8, 20; 5:2, 4f, 7, 10, 19; 7:22; 8:1f; 9:1, 7; 10:3, 6, 11ff, 23; 12:5; 16:3; 17:7f; 19:10, 15, 21; 20:2; 22:11, 13, 16; 23:17; 25:1, 6; 26:10, 18; 27:4f, 11; 28:2, 15, 21f; 29:15f, 21; 30:1, 22, 30; 31:7; 32:6, 10; 33:1, 13, 23; 37:11, 16, 26, 31f; 38:3, 7, 19; 39:7; 40:3, 19, 23; 41:4, 15, 18, 20, 23, 29; 42:5, 16; 43:1, 3, 7, 13, 19, 22f; 44:2, 7, 9, 13, 17, 19, 28; 45:7, 9, 11f, 18, 21; 46:4, 6, 10f; 48:3, 5f, 11, 14; 49:20; 51:13; 52:7; 53:9; 54:5; 56:1f; 57:9, 16; 58:2, 13; 62:6, 11; 63:12, 14; 64:3ff; 65:8, 12, 18; 66:2, 4, 9, 22; Jer 1:12; 2:13, 17, 23, 28; 3:5f, 16; 4:18, 22, 27, 30; 5:1, 10, 18f, 31; 6:8, 13, 26; 7:5, 10, 12ff, 17f, 29f; 8:6; 9:7, 24; 10:11ff, 24; 11:4, 6, 8, 15, 17; 12:2, 5; 13:23; 14:7, 22; 15:4; 16:6, 20; 17:8, 11, 22, 24; 18:3f, 6, 8, 10ff, 23; 19:12; 21:2; 22:3ff, 8, 15, 17; 23:5, 20; 26:3, 13f, 19; 27:2, 5; 28:6, 13, 15; 29:22f, 31f; 30:16, 24; 31:7, 13, 21, 37; 32:17f, 20, 23, 30, 32, 35; 33:2, 6, 9; 34:15, 18; 35:10, 15, 18; 36:3, 8; 37:15; 38:9, 12, 16; 40:3, 16; 41:9, 11; 42:3, 5, 10, 20; 44:3f, 7, 9, 17, 19, 22, 25; 46:19, 28; 48:10, 30, 33; 49:8; 50:2, 15, 21, 29; 51:12, 15f, 24; 52:20; Lam 1:21f; 2:6, 17, 20; Ezek 3:20; 4:9, 15; 5:7ff, 15; 7:20, 23, 27; 8:6, 9, 12f, 17f; 9:11; 11:9, 13, 20; 12:3, 7, 9, 11, 25, 28; 13:18; 14:23; 15:3; 16:5, 16f, 24, 30f, 41, 43, 47f, 50f, 54, 59, 63; 17:6, 8, 15, 17f, 23f; 18:5, 8ff, 12ff, 17ff, 21f, 24, 26ff, 31; 20:9, 11, 13f, 17, 19, 21f, 24, 44; 22:3f, 9, 13f; 23:10, 21, 25, 29f, 38f, 44, 48; 24:14, 18f, 22, 24; 25:11f, 14f, 17; 26:8; 27:5f; 28:4, 22, 26; 29:3, 9, 15; 30:14, 19; 31:11; 33:13ff, 18f, 29, 31f; 35:4, 11, 14; 36:11, 22, 27, 32, 36f; 37:14, 24; 38:12; 39:21, 24; 43:8, 11, 25, 27; 44:14; 45:9, 17, 20, 22ff; 46:2, 12ff; Dan 1:13; 2:9, 46; 3:1, 15; 4:1f, 17, 35; 5:1, 23; 6:10, 12, 18, 22, 27; 7:8, 21; 8:4, 12, 24f, 27; 9:14f, 19; 11:3, 6f, 16f, 23f, 28, 30, 32, 36, 39; Hos 2:8; 6:4, 9; 8:4, 6f, 14; 9:5; 10:3, 15; 11:9; 13:2; Joel 2:21, 26; Amos 2:4, 8; 3:6f; 4:12f; 5:7f, 26; 7:10; 8:5; 9:12; Obad 1:15; Jonah 1:5, 9ff, 14; 3:10; 4:5; Mic 1:8; 5:15; 6:3, 8; 7:9; Nah 1:8f; Hab 1:14; 2:18; 3:17; Zeph 1:18; 3:5, 13, 19f; Hag 1:14; 2:4; Zech 1:6, 21; 6:11; 7:3, 9; 8:11, 15f; 10:1; Mal 2:12f, 15, 17; 3:15, 17; 4:1, 3;
1 Coríntios 6:19
Guzik - A temple is a place sacred to God, and pure from immorality. If it is true we are filled with (Ed: What fills you controls, either wine or the Spirit in Eph 5:18+) the Spirit, it must influence our sexual behavior. And if we commit sexual immorality as Christians, we are polluting God’s temple. Earlier, in 1Corinthians 3:16, Paul had said the church as a whole was the temple of the Holy Spirit. Now, he says the same is true, in a spiritual sense, of individual Christians.
1 Coríntios 6:19
Guzik has an interesting comment on Isaiah 43:7 noting that "Whom I have created for My glory means that God not only has created us, but that He has created us for a purpose. If we have no Creator, then we are purposeless; but God has created us and He did it for a purpose, creating us for His glory. This means that when we are glorifying God, we are fulfilling the purpose we were created for, and will therefore be the most happy and fulfilled. (Ref) Harry
1 Coríntios 6:20
Guzik notes that… Any honest person will take better care of something that doesn’t belong to them. Our bodies belong to God. They are His purchased possession. We don’t have the right to pollute and abuse God’s property! This principle applies to more than our sexual conduct. If our bodies belong to Jesus, we also have no right to be idle with, or wasteful of, what belongs to Him. Our bodies should be put to use glorifying God! Spurgeon once said… Your body was a willing horse when it was in the service of the devil, let it not be a sluggish hack now that it draws the chariot of Christ. John Piper bluntly states that in 1Cor 6:18-20, Paul is saying in essence that… the alternative to fornication is worship. Don't fornicate with your body. Worship with your body. He even says that the body is a temple, that is, a place of worship. The body is a place for meeting God, not prostitutes. This doesn't mean sex is bad. It means that sex is precious. Too precious to be treated cheaply. God means that we put it in a very secure and sacred place—marriage. There it becomes the expression of the love between Christ and the church. It shows the glory of the intensity of God's love for His people. It becomes worship. "Glorify God in your body." (A Godward Life- Book 2) Henry