G1163–δεῖ–dei

And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn't have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

ἔδει edei “it was necessary”

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

δεῖ dei “it behooves”

If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.

δεῖ, dei “it behooves [me],”

It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. For I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

δεῖ, dei “it behooves [me],”

for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

δεῖ dei “it behooves”

that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.

δεῖ dei “it behooves”

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

δεῖ dei “it behooves”

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.

δεῖ dei “it behooves”

For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn't behave ourselves rebelliously among you,

δεῖ dei “it behooves [you]”

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

δεῖ dei “It behooves”

Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

δεῖ dei “It behooves”

but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

δεῖ dei “it behooves [one]”

Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

δέοντα. deonta “being proper.”

The farmers who labor must be the first to get a share of the crops.

δεῖ dei “it is necessary”

The Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient,

δεῖ dei “it behooves”

For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

δεῖ dei “It behooves”

whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain's sake.

δεῖ dei “it is necessary”δεῖ dei “ought”

Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.

δεῖ dei “it behooves”

or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

ἔδει edei “it was necessary for”

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

δεῖ dei “it behooves”

Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,

δέον deon “being necessary”

Therefore since all these things are thus to be destroyed, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy living and godliness,

δεῖ dei “ought”

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

δεῖ dei “it behooves”

After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, "Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this."

δεῖ dei “it behooves”

They told me, "You must prophesy again over many peoples, nations, languages, and kings."

δεῖ dei “It is necessary”