ἀγαθοποιέω agathopoiéō
Meaning
to be a well-doer (as a favor or a duty)
In the King James Version: (when) do good (well)
Derivation: from G17 (ἀγαθοποιός);
Where it is used
- Luke 6:9 Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”
- Luke 6:33 If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.
- Luke 6:35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
- 1 Peter 2:15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
- 1 Peter 2:20 How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
- 1 Peter 3:6 just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.
- 1 Peter 3:17 For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
- 3 John 1:11 Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.