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Greek Lessons
- From Jerusalem with Scrutiny: Fronting and Focus in Mark 7:1
- Speaking in Tongues in the Bible
- Grace Beyond Demand: Participles and Imperatives in a Kingdom Ethic
- Reverent Burial and Narrative Simplicity: A Koine and Classical Greek Comparison of Mark 6:29
- The Morning They Found It Razed: Perfect Participles and Sacred Surprises
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Tag Archives: 2 Corinthians 5:10
Before the Judgment Seat: Greek Grammar in Eschatological Clarity
In this sobering verse, Paul lays out the universality and purpose of final judgment using precise Greek constructions: τοὺς γὰρ πάντας ἡμᾶς φανερωθῆναι δεῖ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ βήματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἵνα κομίσηται ἕκαστος τὰ διὰ τοῦ σώματος πρὸς ἃ ἔπραξεν, εἴτε ἀγαθὸν εἴτε κακὸν from 2 Corinthians 5:10. This passage contains an impersonal verb of necessity, a subjunctive purpose clause, and an aorist indicative of past action — all working together to portray divine judgment as inevitable, personal, and righteous.
The Greek Text in Focusτοὺς γὰρ πάντας ἡμᾶς φανερωθῆναι δεῖ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ βήματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἵνα κομίσηται ἕκαστος τὰ διὰ τοῦ σώματος πρὸς ἃ ἔπραξεν, εἴτε ἀγαθὸν εἴτε κακὸν (2 Corinthians 5:10)
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive the things done through the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.”… Learn Koine Greek