Lexicon :: Strong's G3784 - opheilō

“That servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii.[fn] He grabbed him, started choking him, and said, ‘Pay what you owe! ’

“But he wasn’t willing. Instead, he went and threw him into prison until he could pay what was owed.

“And because he was angry, his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he could pay everything that was owed.

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever takes an oath by the temple, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath by the gold of the temple is bound by his oath.’[fn]

“Also, ‘Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it means nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gift that is on it is bound by his oath.’

“A creditor had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii,[fn] and the other fifty.

“And forgive us our sins,

for we ourselves also forgive everyone

in debt to us.[fn]

And do not bring us into temptation.”[fn]

“So he summoned each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master? ’ he asked the first one.

“Next he asked another, ‘How much do you owe? ’

“ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he said.

“ ‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘and write eighty.’

“In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we’ve only done our duty.’ ”

“So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.

“We have a law,” the Jews replied to him, “and according to that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”

“Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.

Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Now we who are strong have an obligation to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not to please ourselves.

Yes, they were pleased, and indeed are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual benefits, then they are obligated to minister to them in material needs.

I did not mean the immoral people of this world or the greedy and swindlers or idolaters; otherwise you would have to leave the world.

A husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.

If any man thinks he is acting improperly toward the virgin he is engaged to, if she is getting beyond the usual age for marriage, and he feels he should marry ​— ​he can do what he wants. He is not sinning; they can get married.

Isn’t he really saying it for our sake? Yes, this is written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes should thresh in hope of sharing the crop.

A man should not cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God. So too, woman is the glory of man.

This is why a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

I have been a fool; you forced it on me. You ought to have commended me, since I am not in any way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

Look, I am ready to come to you this third time. I will not burden you, since I am not seeking what is yours, but you. For children ought not save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, since your faith is flourishing and the love each one of you has for one another is increasing.

But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because from the beginning[fn] God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

And if he has wronged you in any way, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.

Therefore, he had to be like his brothers and sisters in every way, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in matters[fn] pertaining to God, to make atonement[fn] for the sins of the people.

Because of this, he must make an offering for his own sins as well as for the people.

Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the basic principles of God’s revelation again. You need milk, not solid food.

The one who says he remains in him should walk just as he walked.

This is how we have come to know love: He laid down his life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.

Therefore, we ought to support such people so that we can be coworkers with the truth.