G1063–γάρ–gar

Not that we want to lord it over you in respect of your faith--we do, however, desire to help your joy--for in the matter of your faith you are standing firm.

γὰρ gar “for”

But, so far as I am concerned, I have resolved not to have a painful visit the next time I come to see you.

γὰρ gar “for”

For if I of all men give you pain, who then is there to gladden my heart, but the very persons to whom I give pain?

γὰρ gar “for”

For with many tears I write to you, and in deep suffering and depression of spirit, not in order to grieve you, but in the hope of showing you how brimful my heart is with love for you.

γὰρ gar “for”

For in writing to you I have also this object in view--to discover by experience whether you are prepared to be obedient in every respect.

γὰρ gar “indeed”

When you forgive a man an offence I also forgive it; for in fact what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has always been for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

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for fear Satan should gain an advantage over us. For we are not ignorant of his devices.

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We are; for, unlike most teachers, we are not fraudulent hucksters of God's Message; but with transparent motives, as commissioned by God, in God's presence and in communion with Christ, so we speak.

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It is He also who has made us competent to serve Him in connexion with a new Covenant, which is not a written code but a Spirit; for the written code inflicts death, but the Spirit gives Life.

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For if the service which pronounces doom had glory, far more glorious still is the service which tells of righteousness.

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For, in fact, that which was once resplendent in glory has no glory at all in this respect, that it pales before the glory which surpasses it.

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For if that which was to be abolished came with glory, much more is that which is permanent arrayed in glory.

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Nay, their minds were made dull; for to this very day during the reading of the book of the ancient Covenant, the same veil remains unlifted, because it is only in Christ that it is to be abolished.

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(For we do not proclaim ourselves, but we proclaim Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bondservants for the sake of Jesus.)

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For we, alive though we are, are continually surrendering ourselves to death for the sake of Jesus, so that in this mortal nature of ours it may also be clearly shown that Jesus lives.

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For everything is for your sakes, in order that grace, being more richly bestowed because of the thanksgivings of the increased number, may more and more promote the glory of God.

γὰρ gar “For”

For this our light and transitory burden of suffering is achieving for us a preponderating, yes, a vastly preponderating, and eternal weight of glory;

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while we look not at things seen, but things unseen; for things seen are temporary, but things unseen are eternal.

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For we know that if this poor tent, our earthly house, is taken down, we have in Heaven a building which God has provided, a house not built by human hands, but eternal.

γὰρ gar “for”

For in this one we sigh, because we long to put on over it our dwelling which comes from Heaven--

γὰρ gar “indeed”

Yes, we who are in this tent certainly do sigh under our burdens, for we do not wish to lay aside that with which we are now clothed, but to put on more, so that our mortality may be absorbed in Life.

γὰρ gar “for”

for we are living a life of faith, and not one of sight.

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For we must all of us appear before Christ's judgement-seat in our true characters, in order that each may then receive an award for his actions in this life, in accordance with what he has done, whether it be good or whether it be worthless.

γὰρ gar “For”

We are not again commending ourselves to your favour, but are furnishing you with a ground of boasting on our behalf, so that you may have a reply ready for those with whom superficial appearances are everything and sincerity of heart counts for nothing.

γὰρ gar “for”

For if we have been beside ourselves, it has been for God's glory; or if we are now in our right senses, it is in order to be of service to you.

γὰρ gar “for”