Lexicon entry · Greek
G4047περιποίησιςperipoiēsis
acquiringPart of speech: Greek Noun (Feminine)
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who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory.
περιποιήσεως peripoiēseōs “acquired [possession]”
For God didn't appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
περιποίησιν peripoiēsin “obtaining”
to which he called you through our Gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
περιποίησιν peripoiēsin “[the] obtaining”
But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.
περιποίησιν peripoiēsin “[the] preserving”
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
περιποίησιν, peripoiēsin “possession,”