New Testament Greek

ἵνα αὐτὴν προσδέξησθε ἐν κυρίῳ ἀξίως τῶν ἁγίων καὶ παραστῆτε αὐτῇ ἐν ᾧ ἂν ὑμῶν χρῄζῃ πράγματι· καὶ γὰρ αὐτὴ προστάτις πολλῶν ἐγενήθη καὶ αὐτοῦ ἐμοῦ

This verse feels personal and warm. Paul is not simply giving information. He is teaching a community how to receive someone honorably.

The Greek flows through a sequence of requests:

Receive her → Stand beside her → Remember her faithfulness

The sentence is full of relational language. Greek here sounds careful, respectful, and deeply communal.

hina autēn prosdexēsthe en kyriō axiōs tōn hagiōn kai parastēte autē en hō an hymōn chrēzē pragmati; kai gar autē prostatis pollōn egenēthē kai autou emou

“So that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the holy ones, and stand beside her in whatever matter she may need from you; for she herself became a patron of many, and of myself also.”… Learn Koine Greek

Καὶ ἀναχωρήσαντες ἐλάλουν πρὸς ἀλλήλους λέγοντες ὅτι οὐδὲν θανάτου ἄξιον ἢ δεσμῶν πράσσει ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος

This verse sounds like a quiet courtroom conversation. Several people step aside after hearing a defense, and now they begin speaking among themselves. The Greek does not explode with emotion. Instead, it slowly builds toward a calm legal judgment.

The most important feeling in the sentence is restraint. Greek often communicates power through understatement. Rather than saying, “This man is completely innocent,” the sentence says:

Οὐδὲν θανάτου ἄξιον ἢ δεσμῶν πράσσει

Literally: “He is doing nothing worthy of death or chains.”… Learn Koine Greek

Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς πᾶς ὁ λαὸς εἶπεν· Τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τέκνα ἡμῶν

kai apokritheis pas ho laos eipen to haima autou eph’ hēmas kai epi ta tekna hēmōn

And answering, all the people said, “His blood upon us and upon our children.”

The verse begins with καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς, which means “and answering.” The word ἀποκριθεὶς is a participle. A participle is a verbal form that often gives background action before the main verb.

ἀποκριθεὶς … εἶπεν = “answering … he/it said”

In English, we often smooth this into: “And all the people answered and said.”… Learn Koine Greek

Εἶτα τοὺς μὲν τῆς σαρκὸς ἡμῶν πατέρας εἴχομεν παιδευτὰς καὶ ἐνετρεπόμεθα· οὐ πολλῷ μᾶλλον ὑποταγησόμεθα τῷ πατρὶ τῶν πνευμάτων καὶ ζήσομεν

This verse is shaped like a comparison. It first looks at earthly fathers, then moves to a greater point about the Father of spirits.

eita tous men tēs sarkos hēmōn pateras eichomen paideutas kai enetrepometha; ou pollō mallon hypotagēsometha tō patri tōn pneumatōn kai zēsomem

Then, indeed, we had the fathers of our flesh as discipliners, and we respected them; shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?… Learn Koine Greek

Ταῦτα λάλει καὶ παρακάλει καὶ ἔλεγχε μετὰ πάσης ἐπιταγῆς· μηδείς σου περιφρονείτω

Tafta lalei kai parakalei kai elengche meta pasēs epitagēs; mēdeis sou perifroneitō

This verse sounds like a set of clear instructions. Paul gives Titus a sequence of actions: speak, encourage, correct, and do it with full authority. The Greek moves quickly because the verbs come one after another.

These things speak, and encourage, and correct with all authority; let no one disregard you.

The verse is built around four verbal ideas:

λάλει means “speak.” παρακάλει means “encourage” or “exhort.”… Learn Koine Greek

Καὶ ἔτεκεν υἱόν ἄρρενα, ὃς μέλλει ποιμαίνειν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἐν ῥάβδῳ σιδηρᾷ καὶ ἡρπάσθη τὸ τέκνον αὐτῆς πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ

Transliteration

kai eteken huion arrena, hos mellei poimainein panta ta ethnē en rhabdō sidēra kai hērpasthē to teknon autēs pros ton theon kai ton thronon autou

Literal Translation 

“And she gave birth to a son, a male, who is about to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod, and her child was snatched away to God and to His throne.”

μέλλει ποιμαίνειν combines the verb μέλλω with an infinitive.… Learn Koine Greek