γάρ gár

Meaning

properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)

In the King James Version: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet

Derivation: a primary particle;

Where it is used

• John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
• John 3:17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
• John 3:19 And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
• John 3:20 Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
• John 3:24 (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
• John 3:34 For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
• John 4:8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
• John 4:9 “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
• John 4:18 In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”
• John 4:23 But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.
• John 4:37 For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.
• John 4:42 They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
• John 4:44 Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.
• John 4:45 Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.
• John 4:47 When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.
• John 5:4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
• John 5:13 But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there.
• John 5:19 So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
• John 5:20 The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.
• John 5:21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
• John 5:22 Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
• John 5:26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
• John 5:36 But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
• John 5:46 If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.
• John 6:6 But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.
• John 6:27 Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
• John 6:33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
• John 6:40 For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
• John 6:55 For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.
• John 6:64 However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.)
• John 6:71 He was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For although Judas was one of the Twelve, he was later to betray Jesus.
• John 7:1 After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
• John 7:4 For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”
• John 7:5 For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.
• John 7:39 He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
• John 7:41 Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?
• John 8:24 That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
• John 8:42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.
• John 9:22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
• John 9:30 “That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.
• John 11:39 “Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”
• John 12:8 The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
• John 12:43 For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
• John 12:47 As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
• John 13:11 For He knew who would betray Him. That is why He said, “Not all of you are clean.”
• John 13:13 You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.
• John 13:15 I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.
• John 13:29 Since Judas kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.
• John 14:30 I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
• John 16:7 But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
• John 16:13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.
• John 16:27 For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.
• John 18:13 They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.
• John 19:6 As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”
• John 19:31 It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.
• John 19:36 Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”
• John 20:9 For they still did not understand from the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.
• John 20:17 “Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
• John 21:7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it) and jumped into the sea.
• John 21:8 The other disciples came ashore in the boat. They dragged in the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards.