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John 3

John 3:30 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He
ekeinos (Greek #1565)
that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed
KJV usage: he, it, the other (same), selfsame, that (same, very), X their, X them, they, this, those. See also 3778.
Pronounce: ek-i'-nos
Origin: from 1563
must
dei (Greek #1163)
also δέον (deh-on'); neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)
KJV usage: behoved, be meet, must (needs), (be) need(-ful), ought, should.
Pronounce: die
Origin: 3d person singular active present of 1210
increase
auzano (Greek #837)
to grow ("wax"), i.e. enlarge (literal or figurative, active or passive)
KJV usage: grow (up), (give the) increase.
Pronounce: owx-an'-o
Origin: a prolonged form of a primary verb
, but
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
I
eme (Greek #1691)
me
KJV usage: I, me, my(-self).
Pronounce: em-eh'
Origin: a prolonged form of 3165
must decrease
elattoo (Greek #1642)
to lessen (in rank or influence)
KJV usage: decrease, make lower.
Pronounce: el-at-to'-o
Origin: from 1640
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Cross References

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Psa. 72:17‑19• 17His name shall be forever;{HR}Before the sun shall his name be continued:{HR}And they shall bless themselves in him;{HR}All nations shall call him blessed.
 18Blessed [be] Jehovah Elohim,{HR}The God of Israel alone doing wondrous things.
 19And blessed [be] the name of his glory forever;{HR}And let all the earth be filled [with] his glory. Amen and Amen. (Psa. 72:17‑19)
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Isa. 9:7• 7To the increase of the government and to peace [there shall be] no end upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness from henceforth even forever. The jealousy of Jehovah of hosts will perform this. (Isa. 9:7)
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Isa. 53:2‑3,12• 2For he shall grow up before him as a tender sapling, and as a root out of dry ground; he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him.
 3He is despised and shunned of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom they hide [their] faces, he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
 12Therefore will I assign him [a portion] with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. (Isa. 53:2‑3,12)
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Dan. 2:34‑35,44‑45• 34{i}Thou sawest till a stone was cut out without hands; and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.{/i}
 35{i}Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken in pieces together, and they became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them. And the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.{/i}
 44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
 45{i}Forasmuch as thou sawest that a stone was{/i} cut out of the mountain without hands, and it break in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold, —{i}the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter. And the dream is certain, and the interpretation of it sure.{/i} (Dan. 2:34‑35,44‑45)
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Matt. 13:31‑33• 31{i}Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard [seed] which a man took and sowed in his field;{/i}
 32{i}which is less indeed than all seeds, but when it is grown is greater than herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and roost in its branches.{/i}
 33{i}He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until it had been all leavened.{/i} (Matt. 13:31‑33)
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Rev. 11:15• 15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in the heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world hath become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign unto the ages of the ages. (Rev. 11:15)
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Acts 13:36‑37• 36For David, having in his own generation served the counsel of God fell asleep, and was added to his fathers, and saw corruption.
 37But he whom God raised up saw no corruption. (Acts 13:36‑37)
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1 Cor. 3:5• 5What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers by whom ye believed, and as the Lord gave to each. (1 Cor. 3:5)
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2 Cor. 3:7‑11• 7(But if the ministry of death in letter, graven on stones, came with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not look intently toward the face of Moses for the glory of his face, that was to be done away,
 8how shall not the ministry of the Spirit rather be in glory?
 9For if the ministry of condemnation [have] glory, much more doth the ministry of righteousness abound in glory.
 10For even that which hath been glorified hath not been glorified in this respect on account of the surpassing glory.
 11For if that to be done away [was] with glory, much more what abideth [is] in glory. (2 Cor. 3:7‑11)
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Col. 1:18• 18And he is the head of the body, the assembly; who is [the] beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that he might be in all things pre-eminent: (Col. 1:18)
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Heb. 3:2‑6• 2faithful as he was to him that appointed him, as also Moses in all his house.
 3For he hath been accounted worthy of more glory than Moses by how much he that built it hath more honour than the house.
 4For every house is builded by someone; but he that built all things [is] God.
 5And Moses indeed [was] faithful in all his house as an attendant, for a testimony of the things to be spoken,
 6but Christ as Son over his house, whose house are we if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of the hope firm unto the end. (Heb. 3:2‑6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He must increase, but I must decrease.

W. Kelly Translation

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He must increase, but I decrease.