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Arti is a Greek adverb of present time: now, just now, at this moment, or for the time being. It often marks the difference between what is true or bearable now and what will be understood, received, or seen later.
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Arti is a Greek adverb of present time: now, just now, at this moment, or for the time being. It often marks the difference between what is true or bearable now and what will be understood, received, or seen later.
The BSB source-word alignment has 36 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include now (17), . . . (6), now on (3), vvv (2), [but] now (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 3:15. Its strongest book concentrations include John (12), 1 Corinthians (7), Matthew (7), Galatians (3).
Arti is a Greek adverb of present time: now, just now, at this moment, or for the time being. It often marks the difference between what is true or bearable now and what will be understood, received, or seen later. Jesus tells Peter, You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand. He tells the disciples that they cannot bear more now, and that until now they have not asked in His name.
Paul says that now we see dimly, but then face to face. Peter says believers rejoice, though now for a little while they suffer grief in trials. Arti is not merely a clock word. In these passages it teaches disciples to live faithfully inside the present moment without mistaking the present for the whole story.
Arti marks the present moment, often in contrast with later understanding, future sight, completed joy, or temporary suffering. It is a small adverb that helps Scripture speak pastorally about already, not yet, and not yet understood.
Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
Jesus tells Peter that present misunderstanding will give way to later understanding, so now is not the final measure of the Lord's work.
I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
The disciples cannot bear more now, showing that Jesus accounts for present capacity while promising further Spirit-guided understanding.
Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
Until now they have not asked in Jesus' name, but the coming joy of prayer will be opened through His finished work.
Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
Now believers see dimly and know in part, but then they will see face to face and know fully.
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
Now for a little while believers suffer grief in trials, yet their rejoicing is tied to a salvation ready to be revealed.
But just now, Timothy has returned from his visit with the good news about your faith, your love, and the fond memories you have preserved, longing to see us just as we long to see you.
Just now Timothy's report brings news of faith and love, using the adverb for immediate pastoral encouragement.
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Greek word. just now
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
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Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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The pastoral insight in arti is patient faithfulness in the present. Peter's now in John 13 is confused, resistant, and incomplete, but Jesus does not let that present ignorance define the future. The disciples' now in John 16 includes limited capacity and incomplete prayer, but Jesus is moving them toward joy. Paul's now in 1 Corinthians 13 is partial sight, not final blindness.
Peter's now in 1 Peter 1 is temporary grief, not abandoned suffering. Arti teaches a congregation to neither despise the present nor absolutize it. The Lord deals with real people in real time: confused now, limited now, suffering now, encouraged just now, and still carried toward fuller understanding, joy, and sight.
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Arti is an adverb, not a noun or verb. It commonly marks immediate present time and often pairs with later, then, or future fulfillment. The interpretive task is to ask what contrast the now creates.
Scripture often teaches God's people to live between present limitation and future clarity. The New Testament centers that patience on Christ: the disciples understand later because of His death, resurrection, and Spirit-given instruction; believers see dimly now but await face-to-face knowledge.