G0837–αὐξάνω–auxanō

And why be anxious about clothing? Learn a lesson from the wild lilies. Watch their growth. They neither toil nor spin,

αὐξάνουσιν· auxanousin “they grow;”

It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds come and build in its branches."

αὐξηθῇ, auxēthēa “it may be grown,”

But some of the seed falls into good ground, and gives a return: it comes up and increases, and yields thirty, sixty, or a hundred-fold."

αὐξανόμενα auxanomena “increasing”

And the child grew and became strong in character, and lived in the Desert till the time came for him to appear publicly to Israel.

ηὔξανεν ēuxanen “was continuing to grow”

And the child grew and became strong and full of wisdom, and the favour of God rested upon Him.

ηὔξανεν ēuxanen “was continuing to grow”

Observe the lilies, how they grow. They neither labour nor spin. And yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was as beautifully dressed as one of these.

αὐξάνει· auxanei “they grow:”

It is like a mustard seed which a man drops into the soil in his garden, and it grows and becomes a tree in whose branches the birds roost."

ηὔξησεν ēuxēsen “it grew”

He must grow greater, but I must grow less.

αὐξάνειν, auxanein “to increase,”

Meanwhile God's Message continued to spread, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem very greatly increased, and very many priests obeyed the faith.

ηὔξανεν, ēuxanen “was increasing,”

"But as the time drew near for the fulfilment of the promise which God had made to Abraham, the people became many times more numerous in Egypt,

ηὔξησεν ēuxēsen “increased”

But God's Message prospered, and converts were multiplied.

ηὔξανεν ēuxanen “was continuing to grow”

Thus mightily did the Lord's Message spread and triumph!

ηὔξανεν ēuxanen “was continuing to increase”

I planted and Apollos watered; but it was God who was, all the time, giving the increase.

ηὔξανεν· ēuxanen “was [it] growing;”

So that neither the planter nor the waterer is of any importance. God who gives the increase is all in all.

αὐξάνων auxanōn “giving growth —”

And God who continually supplies seed for the sower and bread for eating, will supply you with seed and multiply it, and will cause your almsgiving to yield a plentiful harvest.

αὐξήσει auxēsei “will increase”

We do not exceed our due limits, and take credit for other men's labours; but we entertain the hope that, as your faith grows, we shall gain promotion among you--still keeping within our own sphere--promotion to a larger field of labour,

αὐξανομένης auxanomenēs “increasing”

in union with whom the whole fabric, fitted and closely joined together, is growing so as to form a holy sanctuary in the Lord;

αὔξει auxei “is increasing”

But we shall lovingly hold to the truth, and shall in all respects grow up into union with Him who is our Head, even Christ.

αὐξήσωμεν auxēsōmen “we may grow up”

For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God,

αὐξανόμενον auxanomenon “increasing”

so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him, while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of God.

αὐξανόμενοι auxanomenoi “growing”

Such a one does not keep his hold upon Christ, the Head, from whom the Body, in all its parts nourished and strengthened by its points of contact and its connections, grows with a divine growth.

αὔξει auxei “it increases”

Thirst, like newly-born infants, for pure milk for the soul, that by it you may grow up to salvation;

αὐξηθῆτε auxēthēte “you may grow up”

But be always growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be all glory, both now and to the day of Eternity!

αὐξάνετε auxanete “do grow”