Lectionary Greek

15.26 The word parakletos for the HS is a tough one to crack! The noun literally means "one called along side of." Originally i...

Two brief comments on this brief text: 5:9 The major translations differ on how the understand the "ei" clause in verse 9. ...

5.1 The translators here put human language on abstraction here. The second half of this verse literally says: "The one who loves the...

3.16 The word for ought/owe is "ophell-oo" which has a sense of being bound and obligated (more than a casual "should")...

3:1 The word for give (didoo-mi) as in "love the Father has given us" is in the perfect, suggesting an act in the past (Jesus) th...

1.1 The verb 'to hear' (akou-oo) and 'to understand/see' (ora-oo) are both in the perfect, while 'to see' (theao-ma...

15.1 The word for Gospel/Good News is euangelion, coming from eu for Good and angelion, the word for message (like Angel=messenger). Inter...