G0235–ἀλλά–alla

For it is not the man that commends himself who is really approved, but he whom the Lord commends.

ἀλλ᾽ all᾽ “but”

I wish you could have borne with a little foolish boasting on my part. Nay, do bear with me.

ἀλλὰ alla “but”

And if in the matter of speech I am no orator, yet in knowledge I am not deficient. Nay, we have in every way made that fully evident to you.

ἀλλ᾽ all᾽ “yet”ἀλλ᾽ all᾽ “but”

What I am now saying, I do not say by the Lord's command, but as a fool in his folly might, in this reckless boasting.

ἀλλ᾽ all᾽ “but”

See, I am now for the third time prepared to visit you, but I will not be a dead weight to you. I desire not your money, but yourselves; for children ought not to put by for their parents, but parents for their children.

ἀλλ᾽ all᾽ “but”ἀλλ᾽ all᾽ “but”

If I love you so intensely, am I the less to be loved? Be that as it may: I was not a burden to you. But being by no means scrupulous, I entrapped you, they say!

ἀλλ᾽ all᾽ “but”

since you want a practical proof of the fact that Christ speaks by my lips--He who is not feeble towards you, but powerful among you.

ἀλλὰ alla “but”

For though it is true that He was crucified through weakness, yet He now lives through the power of God. We also are weak, sharing His weakness, but with Him we shall be full of life to deal with you through the power of God.

ἀλλὰ alla “yet”ἀλλὰ alla “but”

And our prayer to God is that you may do nothing wrong; not in order that our sincerity may be demonstrated, but that you may do what is right, even though our sincerity may seem to be doubtful.

ἀλλ᾽ all᾽ “but”

For we have no power against the truth, but only for the furtherance of the truth;

ἀλλ᾽ all᾽ “but”

Paul, an Apostle sent not from men nor by any man, but by Jesus Christ and by God the Father, who raised Jesus from among the dead--

ἀλλὰ alla “but”

But if even we or an angel from Heaven should bring you a Good News different from that which we have already brought you, let him be accursed.

ἀλλὰ alla “But”

For, in fact, it was not from man that I received or learnt it, but by a revelation from Jesus Christ.

ἀλλὰ alla “but”

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were my seniors in the Apostleship, but I went away into Arabia, and afterwards came back to Damascus.

ἀλλ᾽ all᾽ “but”

But although my companion Titus was a Greek they did not insist upon even his being circumcised.

ἀλλ᾽ all᾽ “But”

Indeed, when they saw that I was entrusted with the preaching of the Good News to the Gentiles as Peter had been with that to the Jews--

ἀλλὰ alla “But”

As soon as I saw that they were not walking uprightly in the spirit of the Good News, I said to Peter, before them all, "If you, though you are a Jew, live as a Gentile does, and not as a Jew, how can you make the Gentiles follow Jewish customs?

ἀλλ᾽ all᾽ “But”

and the Law has nothing to do with faith. It teaches that "he who does these things shall live by doing them."

ἀλλ᾽ all᾽ “rather”

(Now the promises were given to Abraham and to his seed. God did not say "and to seeds," as if speaking of many, but "and to your seed," since He spoke of only one--and this is Christ.)

ἀλλ᾽ all᾽ “but”

But Scripture has shown that all mankind are the prisoners of sin, in order that the promised blessing, which depends on faith in Jesus Christ, may be given to those who believe.

ἀλλὰ alla “but”

but he is under the control of guardians and trustees until the time his father has appointed.

ἀλλ᾽ all᾽ “Instead”

Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir also through God's own act.

ἀλλ᾽ all᾽ “but”

But at one time, you Gentiles, having no knowledge of God, were slaves to gods which in reality do not exist.

Ἀλλὰ Alla “But”

and yet the bodily infirmity which was such a trial to you, you did not regard with contempt or loathing, but you received me as if I had been an angel of God or Christ Jesus Himself!

ἀλλ᾽ all᾽ “but”

These men pay court to you, but not with honourable motives. They want to exclude you, so that you may pay court to them.

ἀλλ᾽ all᾽ “but”