Lexicon :: Strong's G5618 - hōsper

“Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

“So whenever you give to the poor, don’t sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be applauded by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

“Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

“When you pray, don’t babble like the Gentiles, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.

“Whenever you fast, don’t be gloomy like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces so that their fasting is obvious to people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

“For as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish[fn] three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

“Therefore, just as the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

“If he doesn’t pay attention to them, tell the church.[fn] If he doesn’t pay attention even to the church, let him be like a Gentile and a tax collector to you.

“just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

“For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

“As the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

“For it is just like a man about to go on a journey. He called his own servants and entrusted his possessions to them.

“All the nations[fn] will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

“For as the lightning flashes from horizon to horizon and lights up the sky, so the Son of Man will be in his day.

“The Pharisee was standing and praying like this about himself:[fn] ‘God, I thank you that I’m not like other people ​— ​greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

“And just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom he wants.

“For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he has granted to the Son to have life in himself.

Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were staying.

“And now, brothers and sisters, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your leaders also did.

“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them, just as on us at the beginning.

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all people, because all sinned.[fn]

For just as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so also through the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.

so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness, resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness[fn] of life.

I am using a human analogy because of the weakness of your flesh.[fn] For just as you offered the parts of yourselves as slaves to impurity, and to greater and greater lawlessness, so now offer them as slaves to righteousness, which results in sanctification.

As you once disobeyed God but now have received mercy through their disobedience,

For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth ​— ​as there are many “gods” and many “lords” ​— ​

For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman, and all things come from God.

For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

Now about the collection for the saints: Do the same as I instructed the Galatian churches.

And our hope for you is firm, because we know that as you share in the sufferings, so you will also share in the comfort.

Now as you excel in everything ​— ​in faith, speech, knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love for us[fn] ​— ​excel also in this act of grace.

Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance the generous gift you promised, so that it will be ready as a gift and not as an extortion.

But just as then the child born as a result of the flesh persecuted the one born as a result of the Spirit, so also now.

Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives are to submit to their husbands in everything.

When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

For the person who has entered his rest has rested from his own works, just as God did from his.

He doesn’t need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do ​— ​first for their own sins, then for those of the people. He did this once for all time when he offered himself.

He did not do this to offer himself many times, as the high priest enters the sanctuary yearly with the blood of another.

For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

and he called out with a loud voice like a roaring lion. When he cried out, the seven thunders raised their voices.