Verb peripateō (to walk) in the New Testament

(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament with a few modifications for a more litteral meaning)


Matthew

4: 18As he walked (peripateō) by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea - for they were fishermen.
9: 5For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Stand up and walk (peripateō)'?
11: 5the blind receive their sight, the lame walk (peripateō), the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them.
14: 25And early in the morning he came walking (peripateō) toward them on the sea.
14: 26But when the disciples saw him walking (peripateō) on the sea, they were terrified, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out in fear.
14: 29He said, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat, started walking (peripateō) on the water, and came toward Jesus.
15: 31so that the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking (peripateō), and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.

Mark

2: 9Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Stand up and take your mat and walk (peripateō)'?
5: 42And immediately the girl got up and began to walk (peripateō) about (she was twelve years of age). At this they were overcome with amazement.
6: 48When he saw that they were straining at the oars against an adverse wind, he came towards them early in the morning, walking (peripateō) on the sea. He intended to pass them by.
6: 49But when they saw him walking (peripateō) on the sea, they thought it was a ghost and cried out;
7: 5So the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not walk (peripateō) according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?"
8: 24And the man looked up and said, "I can see people, but they look like trees, walking (peripateō)."
11: 27Again they came to Jerusalem. As he was walking (peripateō) in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him
12: 38As he taught, he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk (peripateō) around in long robes, and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces,
16: 12After this he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking (peripateō) into the country.

Luke

5: 23Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Stand up and walk (peripateō)'?
7: 22And he answered them, "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk (peripateō), the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news brought to them.
11: 44Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk (peripateō) over them without realizing it."
20: 46"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk (peripateō) around in long robes, and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets.
24: 17And he said to them, "What are you discussing with each other while you walk (peripateō) along?" They stood still, looking sad.

John

1: 36and as he watched Jesus walk (peripateō) by, he exclaimed, "Look, here is the Lamb of God!"
5: 8Jesus said to him, "Stand up, take your mat and walk (peripateō)."
5: 9At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk (peripateō). Now that day was a sabbath.
5: 11But he answered them, "The man who made me well said to me, 'Take up your mat and walk (peripateō).'"
5: 12They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take it up and walk (peripateō)'?"
6: 19When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking (peripateō) on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were terrified.
6: 66Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked (peripateō) with him.
7: 1After this Jesus walked (peripateō) about in Galilee. He did not wish to walk (peripateō) about in Judea because the Jews were looking for an opportunity to kill him.
8: 12Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk (peripateō) in darkness but will have the light of life."
10: 23and Jesus was walking (peripateō) in the temple, in the portico of Solomon.
11: 9Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Those who walk (peripateō) during the day do not stumble, because they see the light of this world.
11: 10But those who walk (peripateō) at night stumble, because the light is not in them."
11: 54Jesus therefore no longer walked (peripateō) about openly among the Jews, but went from there to a town called Ephraim in the region near the wilderness; and he remained there with the disciples.
12: 35Jesus said to them, "The light is with you for a little longer. Walk (peripateō) while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. If you walk (peripateō) in the darkness, you do not know where you are going.
21: 18Very truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you used to fasten your own belt and to walk (peripateō) wherever you wished. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten a belt around you and take you where you do not wish to go."

Acts

3: 6But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk (peripateō)."
3: 8Jumping up, he stood and began to walk (peripateō), and he entered the temple with them, walking (peripateō) and leaping and praising God.
3: 9All the people saw him walking (peripateō) and praising God,
3: 12When Peter saw it, he addressed the people, "You Israelites, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we had made him walk (peripateō)?
14: 8In Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet and had never walked (peripateō), for he had been crippled from birth.
14: 10said in a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet." And the man sprang up and began to walk (peripateō).
21: 21They have been told about you that you teach all the Jews living among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, and that you tell them not to circumcise their children or walk (peripateō) after the customs.

1 John

1: 6If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking (peripateō) in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true;
1: 7but if we walk (peripateō) in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
2: 6whoever says, "I abide in him," ought to walk (peripateō) just as he walked (peripateō).
2: 11But whoever hates another believer is in the darkness, walks (peripateō) in the darkness, and does not know the way to go, because the darkness has brought on blindness.

2 John

1: 44 I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking (peripateō) in the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
1: 66 And this is love, that we walk (peripateō) according to his commandments; this is the commandment just as you have heard it from the beginning - you must walk (peripateō) in it.

3 John

1: 3I was overjoyed when some of the friends arrived and testified to your faithfulness to the truth, namely how you walk (peripateō) in the truth.
1: 4I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking (peripateō) in the truth.

1 Thessalonians

2: 12urging and encouraging you and pleading that you walk (peripateō) worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
4: 1Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to walk (peripateō) and to please God (as, in fact, you are walking (peripateō)), you should do so more and more.
4: 12so that you may walk (peripateō) properly toward outsiders and be dependent on no one.

2 Thessalonians

3: 6Now we command you, beloved, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from believers who are walking (peripateō) in idleness and not according to the tradition that they received from us.
3: 11For we hear that some of you are walking (peripateō) in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing any work.

Philippians

3: 17Brothers and sisters, join in imitating me, and observe those who walk (peripateō) according to the example you have in us.
3: 18For many walk (peripateō) as enemies of the cross of Christ; I have often told you of them, and now I tell you even with tears.

1 Corinthians

3: 3for you are still of the flesh. For as long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not of the flesh, and walking (peripateō) according to human inclinations?
7: 17However that may be, let each of you walk (peripateō) as the Lord has assigned, to which God called you. This is my rule in all the churches.

2 Corinthians

4: 2We have renounced the shameful things that one hides, not walking (peripateō) in craftiness nor falsifying God's word; but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God.
5: 7for we walk (peripateō) by faith, not by sight.
10: 2I ask that when I am present I need not show boldness by daring to oppose those who think we are walking (peripateō) according to human standards.
10: 3Indeed, we walk (peripateō) as human beings, but we do not wage war according to human standards;
12: 18I urged Titus to go, and sent the brother with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? Did we not ourselves walk (peripateō) with the same spirit? Did we not take the same steps?

Galatians

5: 16Walk (peripateō) in the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Romans

6: 4Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk (peripateō) in newness of life.
8: 4so that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk (peripateō) not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
13: 13let us walk (peripateō) honorably as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.
14: 15If your brother or sister is being injured by what you eat, you are no longer walking (peripateō) in love. Do not let what you eat cause the ruin of one for whom Christ died.

Colossians

1: 10so that you may walk (peripateō) worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.
2: 6As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to walk (peripateō) in him,
3: 7In which you also walked (peripateō) sometimes, when you were living that life.
4: 5Walk (peripateō) wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time.

Ephesians

2: 2herein in time past you walked (peripateō) according to the course of this world, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient.
2: 10For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we should walk (peripateō) in them.
4: 1I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk (peripateō) worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
4: 17Now this I affirm and insist on in the Lord: you must no longer walk (peripateō) as the Gentiles walk (peripateō), in the futility of their minds.
5: 2and walk (peripateō) in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
5: 8For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Walk (peripateō) as children of light -
5: 15Be careful then how you walk (peripateō), not as unwise people but as wise,

Hebrews

13: 9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings; for it is well for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by regulations about food, which have not benefited those who walk (peripateō) with them.

1 Peter

5: 8Discipline yourselves, keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil walks (peripateō) around, looking for someone to devour.

Revelation

2: 1"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks (peripateō) among the seven golden lampstands:
3: 4Yet you have still a few persons in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes; they will walk (peripateō) with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.
9: 20The rest of humankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands or give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk (peripateō).
16: 15("See, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and is clothed, not walking (peripateō) naked and exposed to shame.")
21: 24The nations will walk (peripateō) by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.