'Great' in the Bible

Then we ran under the lee of a little island called Cauda, where we managed with great difficulty to secure the boat;

And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time, and a great storm was on us, all hope of salvation was gone.

Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

The governor of the island, whose name was Publius, owned estates in that part of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us with great hospitality for three days.

Then they gave us great honour, and, when we went away, they put into the ship whatever things we were in need of.

And when they had appointed him a day, they came to him into his lodging in great number; to whom he expounded the matter, testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.

And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.

Great in every respect. First of all, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

And the free giving has not the same effect as the sin of one: for the effect of one man's sin was punishment by the decision of God, but the free giving had power to give righteousness to wrongdoers in great number.

Because, as numbers of men became sinners through the wrongdoing of one man, even so will great numbers get righteousness through the keeping of the word of God by one man.

That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

But now I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

For there is a truth, brethren, not revealed hitherto, of which I do not wish to leave you in ignorance, for fear you should attribute superior wisdom to yourselves--the truth, I mean, that partial blindness has fallen upon Israel until the great mass of the Gentiles have come in;

But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;

so that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints and provide her with whatever help she may need from you, for she has been a great help to many, including me.

For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:

It was in weakness, fear, and great trembling that I came to you.

But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;

If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

Nevertheless, God was not well-pleased with most of them, for they were scattered along the ground in the wilderness [because their lack of self-control led to disobedience which led to death].

Pursue [this] love [with eagerness, make it your goal], yet earnestly desire and cultivate the spiritual gifts [to be used by believers for the benefit of the church], but especially that you may prophesy [to foretell the future, to speak a new message from God to the people].

There are, perhaps, a great many kinds of languages in the world, and no kind is without meaning.

For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.

But as for Apollos, the brother, I had a great desire for him to come to you with the brothers, but it was not his pleasure to come now; but he will come when he has a chance.

For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

I wrote to you out of great sorrow and anguish of heart along with many tears not to make you sad but to let you know how much love I have for you.

So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.

For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

But as God’s ministers, we commend ourselves in everything:by great endurance, by afflictions,by hardship, by difficulties,

Therefore, since we have these [great and wonderful] promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, completing holiness [living a consecrated life—a life set apart for God’s purpose] in the fear of God.

Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

See what great earnestness godly sorrow has produced in you! How ready you are to clear yourselves, how indignant, how alarmed, how full of longing and enthusiasm, how eager to seek justice! In every way you have demonstrated that you are innocent in this matter.

It gives me great joy to see you answering to my good opinion of you in every way.

How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints.

We are trying to avoid any criticism of the way we are administering this great undertaking.

And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.

For I have before made clear to those of Macedonia my pride in your ready mind, saying to them that Achaia has been ready for a year back; and a great number have been moved to do the same by your example.

While their hearts go out to you in love and in prayer for you, because of the great grace of God which is in you.

We will not give glory to ourselves in over-great measure, but after the measure of the rule which God has given us, a measure which comes even to you.

For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ.

Why, I reckon myself in no respect inferior to those superlatively great Apostles.

Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

And because the revelations were so very great, in order that I might not be overmuch lifted up, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, one sent from Satan to give me pain.

It is foolish of me to write all this, but you have compelled me to do so. Why, you ought to have been my vindicators; for in no respect have I been inferior to these superlatively great Apostles, even though in myself I am nothing.

Indeed, the signs of an apostle were performed among you with great perseverance by signs and wonders and powerful deeds.

For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:

Now to Abraham were the undertakings given, and to his seed. He says not, And to seeds, as of a great number; but as of one, he says, And to your seed, which is Christ.

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

And besides all these take the great shield of faith, on which you will be able to quench all the flaming darts of the Wicked one;

So welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him,

I have great joy in the Lord because now at last you have again expressed your concern for me. (Now I know you were concerned before but had no opportunity to do anything.)

But my God--so great is His wealth of glory in Christ Jesus--will fully supply every need of yours.

Full of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles with joy;

God [in His eternal plan] chose to make known to them how great for the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in and among you, the hope and guarantee of [realizing the] glory.

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind.

For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.

for our good news [regarding salvation] came to you not only in word, but also in [its inherent] power and in the Holy Spirit and with great conviction [on our part]. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your benefit.

You became imitators of us and of the Lord. In spite of a great deal of suffering, you welcomed the word with the joy that the Holy Spirit produces.

On the contrary, after we had previously suffered, and we were treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, we were emboldened by our God to speak the gospel of God to you in spite of great opposition.

But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.

For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;

It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;

Let no one in any way deceive or entrap you, for that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first [that is, the great rebellion, the abandonment of the faith by professed Christians], and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction [the Antichrist, the one who is destined to be destroyed],

The coming of the [Antichrist, the lawless] one is through the activity of Satan, [attended] with great power [all kinds of counterfeit miracles] and [deceptive] signs and false wonders [all of them lies],

Which may be seen in the good news of the glory of the great God, which was given into my care.

Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith;

And the grace of our Lord was very great, with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,

For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

Honor and help those widows who are truly widowed [alone, and without support].

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Nay, when he was here in Rome, he took great pains to inquire where I was living, and at last he found me.

the Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord on that [great] day. You know very well how many things he did for me and what a help he was at Ephesus [you know better than I can tell you].

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.

But understand this, that in the last days dangerous times [of great stress and trouble] will come [difficult days that will be hard to bear].

Proclaim the message; persist in it whether convenient or not; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching.

For the time will come when they will not take the true teaching; but, moved by their desires, they will get for themselves a great number of teachers for the pleasure of hearing them;

In the future there is reserved for me the [victor’s] crown of righteousness [for being right with God and doing right], which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that [great] day—and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved and longed for and welcomed His appearing.

Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is a great help to me in ministry.

Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works.

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

For this reason, although I have great boldness in Christ to command you to do what is right,

Formerly he was useless to you, but now--true to his name--he is of great use to you and to me.

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

We have a great deal to say about this, and it’s difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand.

Saying, Be certain that I will give you my blessing, and make your numbers very great.

Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

And it is true that there have been a great number of those priests, because death does not let them go on for ever;

and they shall not teach each his neighbour, and each his brother, saying, Know thou the Lord, because they shall all know Me from the small one of them unto the great one of them,

and since we have a great high priest over the house of God,

But only a great fear of being judged, and of the fire of wrath which will be the destruction of the haters of God.

But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;