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Greek Lessons
- Verbal Aspect in New Testament Greek: Imperfective vs. Perfective
- Chiasmus, Inclusio, and Anaphora in New Testament Greek
- Numbered and Named: Genitive Constructions and Enumerated Tribes in Revelation 7:7
- Semantic Range of Greek Verbs in the New Testament: A Case Study on ἀγαπάω and φιλέω
- Released to Serve Anew: Aorist Passives, Participles, and the Tension of Transformation in Romans 7:6
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Called, Kept, and Sanctified: Greek Grammar in the Greeting of Jude
The opening verse of Jude’s epistle is densely packed with theological and grammatical precision. With participial modifiers, appositional titles, and an elegant genitive construction, Ἰούδας, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δοῦλος, ἀδελφὸς δὲ Ἰακώβου, τοῖς ἐν Θεῷ πατρὶ ἠγιασμένοις καὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ τετηρημένοις κλητοῖς (Jude 1) establishes identity, audience, and divine action — all within a single sentence.
The Greek Text in FocusἸούδας, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δοῦλος, ἀδελφὸς δὲ Ἰακώβου, τοῖς ἐν Θεῷ πατρὶ ἠγιασμένοις καὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ τετηρημένοις κλητοῖς (Jude 1)
“Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are sanctified in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ — the called.”… Learn Koine Greek
