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In καὶ πάλιν λέγει· εὐφράνθητε ἔθνη μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ (Romans 15:10, quoting Deuteronomy 32:43 LXX), Paul draws on the voice of Scripture to make a powerful theological claim — but it is Greek grammar, and specifically the aorist imperative εὐφράνθητε, that delivers the rhetorical thunder. In Koine Greek, the imperative mood does more than command — it invites, exhorts, even celebrates. And when that imperative appears in the aorist, it bursts with finality and force. The verse, though brief, becomes a linguistic shout across nations: “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with His people!”

Here, a divine call to joy is issued to the nations (τὰ ἔθνη) — but the grammar embeds a subtle and profound theology: joy is not merely habitual or ongoing (as the present imperative would suggest); it is definitive, celebratory, almost eschatological.… Learn Koine Greek