ara marks a conclusion, consequence, or follow-up question drawn from what has just been stated.

Across the supplied verses, ara functions as a connective that carries an argument, condition, observation, or prior statement forward to its conclusion, consequence, exhortation, or question; in a few particle-tagged instances, the translation makes its precise contribution less clear.

1. Inferential and transitional connective · dominant

   The form is tagged chiefly as a conjunction and links a stated premise to what follows: in Romans 8:1 the APB renders the resulting declaration, "Therefore there is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus." In 1 Corinthians 15:14 it introduces the consequence of the stated condition, "then our preaching is empty and your faith is empty," while in Mark 4:41 it carries the disciples' response into the question, "Who then is this." Particle-tagged examples such as Acts 17:27 and Mark 11:13 also occur within clauses where the APB's loose wording does not isolate the term's contribution.

   Romans 8:11 Corinthians 15:14Mark 4:41Acts 11:18Acts 17:27Mark 11:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the connection with "therefore," "then," or "so then," and sometimes places it in a follow-up question. Those English connectives indicate the clause-level transition rather than a fixed rendering in every occurrence.