ἐνεργέω

Matthew 14:2 ἐνεργοῦσιν are working

and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

Here: Present tense, ongoing: the powers are actively operating. Elsewhere the verb is often used of unseen forces at work in a person.

Mark 6:14 ἐνεργοῦσιν operate

Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

Here: 'Are actively working.' The powers are the subject. They are pictured as forces operating inside the man, not simply as deeds he performs.

Romans 7:5 ἐνηργεῖτο were at work

For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.

Here: Imperfect tense: the passions kept on operating. Paul tends to use this verb for forces that work inside a person, as in "death is at work in us" (2 Cor 4:12). The passions are pictured as an active power working through the body.

1 Corinthians 12:6 ἐνεργῶν is working

There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.

Here: A present participle: God is continually and actively at work. It shares a root with energēmata, which makes a wordplay: the "workings" are what "the Worker" works.

1 Corinthians 12:11 ἐνεργεῖ works

All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.

Here: Present tense: the Spirit is the one actively producing these effects, again and again. It is the same verb used of God in verse 6 ("God who works all things in all"), so what God does, the Spirit does.

2 Corinthians 1:6 ἐνεργουμένης is operating

If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.

Here: "Which is actively at work." The comfort is not just a feeling. It is an active force that shows itself in their endurance. Paul uses this form elsewhere for forces that work inside people (Rom 7:5; Gal 5:6).

2 Corinthians 4:12 ἐνεργεῖται, works,

So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

Galatians 2:8 ἐνεργήσας ἐνήργησεν having worked, did

For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.

Here: A past (aorist) participle: "the one who was at work." It means active, effective power that produces results. Paul nearly always uses this verb for God's power working in people (1 Cor 12:6; Gal 3:5; Phil 2:13).

Galatians 3:5 ἐνεργῶν working

Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?

Here: 'Who keeps working'. Like 'supplying', it is in the present tense, so it describes something still happening. Paul often uses this verb for God's power actively at work (Gal 2:8; 1 Cor 12:6, 11).

Galatians 5:6 ἐνεργουμένη. working.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love.

Here: A present participle describing faith. Most scholars take it as middle voice, meaning faith acts on its own account: 'working', 'being operative', 'putting itself into effect'. The present tense pictures ongoing activity. The English word 'energy' comes from this root.

Ephesians 1:11 ἐνεργοῦντος working

In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

Here: Present participle: the One who is actively and continually at work in all things, bringing them about. The same word-family describes God's power raising Christ in verses 19–20.

Ephesians 1:20 ἐνήργησεν He worked

which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,

Here: 'He put into effect, set to work.' The verb comes from the same root as energeia in v.19, so Paul says God 'worked the working' of his strength. The past tense points to one definite event: Easter and what followed it.

Ephesians 2:2 ἐνεργοῦντος working

in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.

Here: "Actively working, energising." Ephesians uses the same verb for God's power at work in raising Christ (1:11, 20) and in believers (3:20). Two rival powers are at work.

Ephesians 3:20 ἐνεργουμένην is working

Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,

Here: "Being at work" or "operating". The present tense says this power is active now, not waiting to start. It is the root of English "energy", though the Greek means effective working, not stored force.

Philippians 2:13 ἐνεργῶν ἐνεργεῖν working, to work

For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

Here: Present participle: God is continually and effectively at work. Paul uses this verb mostly of God's power actually operating and getting results, not of mild influence.

Colossians 1:29 ἐνεργουμένην is working

To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.

Here: From the same root as energeia, so the Greek says 'his working that is working'. The present tense means it is happening now and keeps on happening. Paul usually uses the middle form of this verb to mean 'is at work' rather than 'is made to work'.

1 Thessalonians 2:13 ἐνεργεῖται works

And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is also now at work in you who believe.

Here: Present tense: 'is at work, keeps working'. The message is a living, active force in the community, not inert information.

2 Thessalonians 2:7 ἐνεργεῖται is working

For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now restrains it will continue until he is taken out of the way.

Here: Present tense, middle voice: 'is actively at work.' Paul usually uses this word for power that comes from beyond the human. It looks ahead to verse 9, where the lawless one comes 'according to the working (energeia) of Satan.'

James 5:16 ἐνεργουμένη. being made effective.

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

Here: A participle describing the petition: '(when it is) at work / in its working', or possibly '(when it is) put to work (by God)'. It is about the prayer's effectiveness, not its emotional heat.