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ejnevrgeia and ejnergei'n in the N.T.

In the New Testament ejnevrgeia and ejnergei'n are characteristically used of moral and spiritual working, whether Divine (Eph. 1:19, 3:7, Col. 1:29, 2:12, Phil. 3:21) or Satanic (2 Thess. 2:9, 11).

( a ) Usage of St Paul.

Thess. 2:13. lovgon qeou', o}" kai; ejnergei'tai ejn uJmi'n toi'" pisteuvousin . Thess. 2:7. to; ga;r musthvrion h[dh ejnergei'tai th'" ajnomiva" .
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ou| ejstin hJ parousiva katj ejnevrgeian tou' satana' .
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pevmpei aujtoi'" oJ qeo;" ejnevrgeian plavnh" . Cor. 12:6. kai; diairevsei" ejnerghmavtwn eijsivn, oJ de; aujto;" qeo;" oJ ejnergw'n ta; pavnta ejn pa'sin . (Cf. vs. 10 a[llw/ de; ejnerghvmata dunavmewn .)

Cor. 12:11. pavnta de; tau'ta ejnergei' to; e}n kai; to; aujto; pneu'ma . Cor. 1:6. uJpe;r th'" uJmw'n paraklhvsew" th'" ejnergoumevnh" ejn uJpomonh'/ tw'n aujtw'n paqhmavtwn .

Cor. 4:12. w{ste oJ qavnato" ejn hJmi'n ejnergei'tai, hJ de; zwh; ejn uJmi'n . Gal. 2:8. oJ ga;r ejnerghvsa" Pevtrw/ eij" ajpostolh;n th'" peritomh'" ejnhvrghsen ejmoi; eij" ta; e[qnh .

Gal. 3:5. oJ ou\n ejpicorhgw'n uJmi'n to; pneu'ma kai; ejnergw'n dunavmei" ejn

Gal. 5:6. pivsti" dij ajgavph" ejnergoumevnh . Rom. 7:5. ta; paqhvmata tw'n aJmartiw'n ta; dia; tou' novmou ejnhrgei'to ejn toi'" mevlesin hJmw'n .

Phil. 2:13. oJ qeo;" oJ ejnergw'n ejn uJmi'n kai; to; qevlein kai; to; ejnergei'n uJpe;r th'" eujdokiva" .

Phil. 3:21. kata; th;n ejnevrgeian tou' duvnasqai aujto;n kai; uJpotavxai auJtw'/ ta; pavnta .

Col. 1:29. kata; th;n ejnevrgeian aujtou' th;n ejnergoumevnhn ejn ejmoi; ejn

Col. 2:12. dia; th'" pivstew" th'" ejnergeiva" tou' qeou' tou' ejgeivranto" aujto;n ejk nekrw'n .

Eph. 1:11. tou' ta; pavnta ejnergou'nto" kata; th;n boulh;n tou' qelhvmato"

Eph. 1:19 f. kata; th;n ejnevrgeian tou' kravtou" th'" ijscuvo" aujtou', h}n ejnhvrghken ejn tw'/ cristw'/ ejgeivra" aujto;n ejk nekrw'n .

Eph. 2:2. tou' pneuvmato" tou' nu'n ejnergou'nto" ejn toi'" uiJoi'" th'"

uJmi'n .

dunavmei .

aujtou' .

ajpeiqiva" .

Eph. 3:7. kata; th;n ejnevrgeian th'" dunavmew" .

. kata; th;n duvnamin th;n ejnergoumevnhn ejn hJmi'n . :16. th'" ejpicorhgiva" katj ejnevrgeian .

( b ) Use in non-Pauline Books.

Jas. 5:16. devhsi" dikaivou ejnergoumevnh .


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