G3309–μεριμνάω–merimnaō

For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

μεριμνᾶτε merimnate “do be anxious about”

But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?

μεριμνῶν merimnōn “being anxious”

And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with attention the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;

μεριμνᾶτε; merimnate “are you anxious?”

Be not therefore careful, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we put on?

μεριμνήσητε merimnēsēte “shall you be anxious”

Be not careful therefore for the morrow, for the morrow shall be careful about itself. Sufficient to the day [ergänzt: is] its own evil.

μεριμνήσητε merimnēsēte “shall you be anxious”μεριμνήσει merimnēsei “will be anxious about”

But when they deliver you up, be not careful how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given to you in that hour what ye shall speak.

μεριμνήσητε merimnēsēte “may be anxious”

But Jesus answering said to her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things;

μεριμνᾷς merimnas “you are anxious”

But when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and the authorities, be not careful how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;

μεριμνήσητε merimnēsēte “may be anxious”

And he said to his disciples, For this cause I say unto you, Be not careful for life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on.

μεριμνᾶτε merimnate “do be anxious”

But which of you by being careful can add to his stature one cubit?

μεριμνῶν merimnōn “being anxious”

If therefore ye cannot [ergänzt: do] even what is least, why are ye careful about the rest?

μεριμνᾶτε; merimnate “are you anxious?”

But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

μεριμνᾷ merimna “cares for”

but he that has married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please his wife.

μεριμνᾷ merimna “he cares for”

There is a difference between the wife and the virgin. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that has married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.

μεριμνᾷ merimna “cares for”μεριμνᾷ merimna “she cares for”

that there might be no division in the body, but that the members might have the same concern one for another.

μεριμνῶσιν merimnōsin “may have concern”

For I have no one like-minded who will care with genuine feeling how ye get on.

μεριμνήσει· merimnēsei “will care for;”

Be careful about nothing; but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

μεριμνᾶτε, merimnate “do worry about,”