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How Greek Uses Repetition to Build a Universal Mission
Colossians 1:28
Ὃν ἡμεῖς καταγγέλλομεν νουθετοῦντες πάντα ἄνθρωπον καὶ διδάσκοντες πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ, ἵνα παραστήσωμεν πάντα ἄνθρωπον τέλειον ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ·
Hearing the Verse Slowlyhon hēmeis katanggellomen nouthetountes panta anthrōpon kai didaskontes panta anthrōpon en pasē sophia, hina parastēsōmen panta anthrōpon teleion en Christō Iēsou
Paul’s sentence moves with deliberate repetition. The phrase πάντα ἄνθρωπον appears again and again like the steady beating of a drum. Greek is not repeating itself carelessly here. The repetition creates emotional force. The reader begins to feel the wideness of the mission.
The sentence does not rush. Instead, it unfolds step by step:
we proclaim we warn we teach so that we may presentGreek guides the reader through a process of spiritual formation.… Learn Koine Greek
