G4392–πρόφασις–prophasis

Wo to you, scribis and Farisees, ipocritis, that eten the housis of widowis, and preien bi longe preier; for this thing ye schulen take more doom.

προφάσει prophasei “as a pretext”

whiche deuouren the housis of widewis vndur colour of long preier; thei schulen take the longer doom.

προφάσει prophasei “as a pretext”

that deuouren the housis of widewis, and feynen long preiyng; these schulen take the more dampnacioun.

προφάσει prophasei “as a pretext”

If Y hadde not comun, and hadde not spokun to hem, thei schulden not haue synne; but now thei haue noon excusacioun of her synne.

πρόφασιν prophasin “excuse”

And whanne the schipmen souyten to fle fro the schip, whanne thei hadden sent a litil boot in to the see, vndur colour as thei schulden bigynne to stretche forth the ankeris fro the formere part of the schip,

προφάσει prophasei “under pretense”

But what? the while on al maner, ethir bi occasioun, ethir bi treuthe, Crist is schewid; and in this thing Y haue ioye, but also Y schal haue ioye.

προφάσει prophasei “in pretext”

For nether we weren ony tyme in word of glosing, as ye witen, nether in occasioun of auerise; God is witnesse; nether sekinge glorie of men,

προφάσει prophasei “a pretext”