of persons

1. to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly

of things

1. to be well pleased, to be contented at or with a thing

objectively

1. what is true in any matter under consideration

   1. truly, in truth, according to truth

   2. of a truth, in reality, in fact, certainly

2. what is true in things appertaining to God and the duties of man, moral and religious truth

   1. in the greatest latitude

   2. the true notions of God which are open to human reason without his supernatural intervention

3. the truth as taught in the Christian religion, respecting God and the execution of his purposes through Christ, and respecting the duties of man, opposing alike to the superstitions of the Gentiles and the inventions of the Jews, and the corrupt opinions and precepts of false teachers even among Christians

subjectively

1. truth as a personal excellence

   1. that candour of mind which is free from affection, pretence, simulation, falsehood, deceit

but

1. nevertheless, notwithstanding

2. an objection

3. an exception

4. a restriction

5. nay, rather, yea, moreover

6. forms a transition to the cardinal matter

the tongue, a member of the body, an organ of speech

a tongue

1. the language or dialect used by a particular people distinct from that of other nations

I, me, my

business, employment, that which any one is occupied

1. that which one undertakes to do, enterprise, undertaking

any product whatever, any thing accomplished by hand, art, industry, or mind

an act, deed, thing done: the idea of working is emphasised in opp. to that which is less than work

and, also, even, indeed, but

of speech

1. a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea

2. what someone has said

   1. a word

   2. the sayings of God

   3. decree, mandate or order

   4. of the moral precepts given by God

   5. Old Testament prophecy given by the prophets

   6. what is declared, a thought, declaration, aphorism, a weighty saying, a dictum, a maxim

3. discourse

   1. the act of speaking, speech

   2. the faculty of speech, skill and practice in speaking

   3. a kind or style of speaking

   4. a continuous speaking discourse - instruction

4. doctrine, teaching

5. anything reported in speech; a narration, narrative

6. matter under discussion, thing spoken of, affair, a matter in dispute, case, suit at law

7. the thing spoken of or talked about; event, deed

its use as respect to the MIND alone

1. reason, the mental faculty of thinking, meditating, reasoning, calculating

2. account, i.e. regard, consideration

3. account, i.e. reckoning, score

4. account, i.e. answer or explanation in reference to judgment

5. relation, i.e. with whom as judge we stand in relation

   1. reason would

6. reason, cause, ground

In John, denotes the essential Word of God, Jesus Christ, the personal wisdom and power in union with God, his minister in creation and government of the universe, the cause of all the world's life both physical and ethical, which for the procurement of man's salvation put on human nature in the person of Jesus the Messiah, the second person in the Godhead, and shone forth conspicuously from His words and deeds.

no, not lest

and not, but not, nor, not

I, me, my, of me

a little child

in the NT used as a term of kindly address by teachers to their disciples