Koine Korner

Pauls wrote, consider one another above yourselves. Which others? All others? Some others? The Greek grammar and vocabulary make it clear.

What qualities and practices make for good translators and interpreters? What pervasive attitudes can hamstring us as students?

It turns out that words mean things, and the choice of words reveals the message an author is communicating. John chose one word to describe Moses' relation to the law and a very different word to describe Jesus's relation to grace and truth. Let's look at what John wrote.

In two short verses, Paul uses two different words, three times, to describe the form of Jesus.

What makes one translation "better" than another? How can we evaluate the mindset of the translators to better weigh the translations? Word for Word? "Thought for Thought" "Amplifications and Paraphrases?

Examining sin and falling short in Romans 3:22b-24.

What do masks, actors, the amphitheater, and we have in common?

The called out, the called in, and the eclectic assembly.

Sometimes, the whole is more than the sum of its parts. The compound word metanoia is just such a word.

The choice of a preposition can completely change the meaning of a verse.

Paul's use of a particular grammatical construction in Hebrews 8:12 gives special insight into his understanding of forgiveness.