To be, to exist. Eimi. When God names himself I AM, he uses this word. Existence itself belongs to him. Ground your identity in the one who simply is.

Consent, approve together, be pleased with. Syneudokeō. To share in another's approval is to share in their guilt or glory. Choose carefully whose actions you endorse.

Work, deed, act. Ergon. We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works. Good works are not the root of salvation. They are the fruit of it.

When Jesus teaches His disciples to pray, He begins with the most radical word imaginable — Father. In the ancient world, approaching God as Father was almost unthinkable. Jesus opens the door and says: this is how you come. Not as a subject before a king. As a child before a Father who already knows what you need.

properly, indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with G1161 (δέ) (this one, the former, etc.)

To build, to construct, to edify. Build one another up. Every believer is both a building and a builder. You are being built up and you are building others.

Tomb, memorial, place of burial. Mnēmeîon. The stone was rolled away and the tomb stood empty. What was meant to hold death became the loudest proof of life.