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Acts 27:12 πως somehow

Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.

Acts 27:29 που perhaps

Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

Romans 1:10 πως somehow

in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.

Here: Paired with 'if' it means 'if somehow' or 'if perhaps'. Paul leaves the how and the when to God. He does not know how the obstacles will be removed.

Romans 11:14 πως at all

in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.

Here: An unaccented little word meaning 'somehow, by some means' (not the question word 'how?'). After 'if' it makes the phrase modest and open: 'if by any means', 'if somehow'. Paul uses the same pair for things he longs for but cannot force (Romans 1:10; Philippians 3:11).

Romans 11:21 πως perhaps

For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.

1 Corinthians 8:9 πως perhaps

Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

Here: Joined to mē it means "lest somehow" or "lest by any means." The harm could come about without anyone meaning it.

1 Corinthians 9:27 πως perhaps

No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

Here: 'Lest somehow', 'lest by any means'. Paul uses this phrase for real worries, as in Gal 2:2 ('lest somehow I was running in vain') and 1 Thess 3:5.

2 Corinthians 2:7 πως perhaps

So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

Here: Adds a note of worry, 'lest somehow'. Paul treats the danger as real but not certain.

2 Corinthians 9:4 πως perhaps

Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.

2 Corinthians 11:3 πως perhaps

I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

Here: 'Somehow' or 'by some means'. It leaves open how the corruption might come. Paul fears the result, whatever route it takes.

2 Corinthians 12:20 πως πως perhaps

For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

Here: Softens the fear into a possibility: 'that perhaps', 'lest somehow'. Paul does not claim to know this will happen.

Galatians 2:2 πως perhaps

I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.

Here: Softens the fear: 'lest somehow / lest perhaps'. Paul names a possibility, not a conviction.

Galatians 4:11 πως perhaps

I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.

Here: An unaccented particle that softens the fear: 'that perhaps', 'that somehow'. Paul does not say it has happened. He fears it may have. Paired with μή, it is his habitual way of voicing worry about his work (Gal 2:2; 1 Thess 3:5).

Philippians 3:11 πως somehow

and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

Here: An unstressed particle meaning 'in some way or other'. With ei it makes 'if somehow'. It points to the road to the goal, which is not in the speaker's control, and it sounds a note of humility.

1 Thessalonians 3:5 πως perhaps

For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and that our labor might have been in vain.

Here: 'Somehow' or 'perhaps'. It softens the fear into a worried possibility, not a firm conclusion.