to do/make: do
poieo denotes carrying out an action, with some contexts showing making or bringing about a result.
The supplied verses most often show the verb for carrying out an act, command, practice, or course of conduct; it also occurs where an agent makes something or brings about a stated result. Present participles can identify people by what they continually do, while aorist and future forms occur for particular completed or anticipated actions.
Senses in use
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Carry out an action or practice · dominant
This is the broad use for acting, obeying, or pursuing conduct. In 1 Corinthians 10:31 the APB renders the clause "whether you eat or drink or do anything," while 1 Corinthians 16:1 directs its readers to carry out the same instruction; in 1 Peter 3:11 the imperative calls for turning from evil and doing good. Present participles in 1 John 2:17 and 1 John 3:10 identify a person in relation to doing God's will or practicing righteousness.
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Make or produce something · occasional
In clauses with a stated product or result, the verb can describe making or producing it. Acts 17:24 names God as the one who made "the world and everything in it," and 1 Corinthians 6:15 frames the proposed action as making Christ's members members of a prostitute. In 1 Timothy 2:1, the passive infinitive occurs in the request that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made.
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Bring about a stated condition · rare
A smaller set of clauses presents the action as causing a described outcome. In 1 John 1:10 the APB renders the result "make him a liar," and 2 Corinthians 5:21 says that the one who knew no sin was made sin for others. In 1 Corinthians 10:13, the future form occurs in God's provision of "the way of escape,".
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB variously uses "do," "doing," "made," "making," "commits," and "practices." Because the translation renders whole clauses rather than aligning each English word to the Greek form, those variations confirm the surrounding action or result without establishing separate meanings by themselves.