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G2309θέλωthelō
to will/desirePart of speech: Greek Verb
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If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong.
θέλετε thelete “you wish”
But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.
Θέλω Thelō “I want”
But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.
θέλω thelō “I do want”
But now God has put every one of the parts in the body as it was pleasing to him.
ἠθέλησεν. ēthelēsen “He desired.”
Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues, it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you; for this is a greater thing than using tongues, if the sense is not given at the same time, for the good of the
Θέλω Thelō “I desire”
But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.
θέλω thelō “I desire”
And if they have a desire for knowledge about anything, let them put questions to their husbands privately: for talking in the church puts shame on a woman.
θέλουσιν, thelousin “they desire,”
But God gives it a body, as it is pleasing to him, and to every seed its special body.
ἠθέλησεν ēthelēsen “He has willed”
For it is not my desire to see you now, on my way; because it is my hope to be with you for some time, if that is the Lord's pleasure.
θέλω thelō “I want”
For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:
θέλομεν thelomen “do we want”
For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.
θέλομεν thelomen “we do wish”
And in this I give my opinion: for it is to your profit, who were the first to make a start a year before, not only to do this, but to make clear that your minds were more than ready to do it.
θέλειν thelein “to will”
Then make the doing of it complete; so that as you had a ready mind, you may give effect to it as you are able.
θέλειν thelein “to will”
But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.
θελόντων thelontōn “desiring”
In Damascus, the ruler under Aretas the king kept watch over the town of the people of Damascus, in order to take me:
θέλων, thelōn “wishing”
For if I had a desire to take credit to myself, it would not be foolish, for I would be saying what is true: but I will not, for fear that I might seem to any man more than he sees me to be, or has word from me that I am.
θελήσω thelēsō “I shall desire”
For I have a fear that, when I come, you may not be answering to my desire, and that I may not be answering to yours; that there may be fighting, hate, angry feeling, divisions, evil talk about others, secrets, thoughts of pride, outbursts against author
θέλω thelō “I wish”θέλετε, thelete “you do wish,”
Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ.
θέλοντες thelontes “are desiring”
Give me an answer to this one question, Did the Spirit come to you through the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
θέλω thelō “I wish”
But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?
θέλετε; thelete “you desire?”
Their interest in you is not good; but their desire is that you may be shut out, so that you may go after them.
θέλουσιν, thelousin “They desire”
Truly my desire is to be present with you now, using a changed voice; for I am troubled about you.
ἤθελον ēthelon “I was wishing”
Say, you whose desire it is to be under the law, do you not give ear to the law?
θέλοντες thelontes “wishing”
For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.
θέλητε, thelēte “you shall wish”
Those who have the desire to seem important in the flesh, put force on you to undergo circumcision; only that they may not be attacked because of the cross of Christ.
θέλουσιν thelousin “wish”