to be, to exist, to happen, to be present

a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly

1. an assembly of the people convened at the public place of the council for the purpose of deliberating

2. the assembly of the Israelites

3. any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance, tumultuously

4. in a Christian sense

   1. an assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting

   2. a company of Christian, or of those who, hoping for eternal salvation through Jesus Christ, observe their own religious rites, hold their own religious meetings, and manage their own affairs, according to regulations prescribed for the body for order's sake

   3. those who anywhere, in a city, village, constitute such a company and are united into one body

   4. the whole body of Christians scattered throughout the earth

   5. the assembly of faithful Christians already dead and received into heaven

when, since

1. of time: after

2. of cause: since, seeing that, because

"you are" (second person plural of 'to be')

one burning with zeal, a zealot

used of God as jealous of any rival and sternly vindicating his control

most eagerly desirous of, zealous for, a thing

1. to acquire a thing, (zealous of)

2. to defend and uphold a thing, vehemently contending for a thing

to seek in order to find

1. to seek a thing

2. to seek [in order to find out] by thinking, meditating, reasoning, to enquire into

3. to seek after, seek for, aim at, strive after

to seek i.e. require, demand

1. to crave, demand something from someone

that, in order that, so that

and, also, even, indeed, but

this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than "the" counted

(the act of) building, building up

metaph. edifying, edification

1. the act of one who promotes another's growth in Christian wisdom, piety, happiness, holiness

a building (i.e. the thing built, edifice)

in this manner, thus, so

to exceed a fixed number of measure, to be left over and above a certain number or measure

1. to be over, to remain

2. to exist or be at hand in abundance

   1. to be great (abundant)

   2. a thing which comes in abundance, or overflows unto one, something falls to the lot of one in large measure

   3. to redound unto, turn out abundantly for, a thing

3. to abound, overflow

   1. to be abundantly furnished with, to have in abundance, abound in (a thing), to be in affluence

   2. to be pre-eminent, to excel

   3. to excel more than, exceed

to make to abound

1. to furnish one richly so that he has abundance

2. to make abundant or excellent

   "Abounding" is used of a flower going from a bud to full bloom.

the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son

1. sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his personality and character (the "Holy" Spirit)

2. sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his work and power (the Spirit of "Truth")

3. never referred to as a depersonalised force

the spirit, i.e. the vital principal by which the body is animated

1. the rational spirit, the power by which the human being feels, thinks, decides

2. the soul

a spirit, i.e. a simple essence, devoid of all or at least all grosser matter, and possessed of the power of knowing, desiring, deciding, and acting

1. a life giving spirit

2. a human soul that has left the body

3. a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel

   1. used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men

   2. the spiritual nature of Christ, higher than the highest angels and equal to God, the divine nature of Christ

the disposition or influence which fills and governs the soul of any one

1. the efficient source of any power, affection, emotion, desire, etc.

a movement of air (a gentle blast)

1. of the wind, hence the wind itself

2. breath of nostrils or mouth

to the advantage of

at, near, by

to, towards, with, with regard to

you

you