7 occurrences

'Excuse' in the Bible

“But without exception they all began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’

“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m going to try them out. I ask you to excuse me.’

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin. Now they have no excuse for their sin.

Therefore, any one of you who judges is without excuse. For when you judge another, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things.

They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts. Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts will either accuse or excuse them

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀπολογέομαι 
Apologeomai 
Usage: 8

παραιτέομαι 
Paraiteomai 
Usage: 8

ἀναπολόγητος 
Anapologetos 
Usage: 2

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