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The Greek word “dio”

Scattered through the books of Matthew-Second Peter, the Greek conjunction “dio” is an “inferential conjunction.”  This term is often translated “wherefore” or “therefore.”  For some of the places it occurs, see Mt. 27:8; Acts 10:29; Rom. 1:24; 4:22; 15:7; 1 Cor. 12:3; 2 Cor. 1:20; Gal. 4:31; Eph. 2:11; 3:13; Phil. 2:9; 1 Thess. 2:18; 3:1; 5:11; Phile. 8; Heb. 3:7, 10; 11:12, 16; 12:12, 28; Jas. 1:21; 4:6; 1 Pet. 1:13; 2:6; 2 Pet. 1:10, 12; 3:14.