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Greek Lessons
- Grammatical Resistance: Pharaoh’s Syntax of Control in Exodus 10:11
- The Accusation in Quotation: Pauline Perception and Koine Rhetoric
- Healing and Heralding: The Grammar of Kingdom Nearness
- The Word Near You: Syntax, Faith, and the Internalization of Truth in Romans 10:8
- Synonyms: Image and Likeness: εἰκών, ὁμοίωσις, and ὁμοίωμα in the Greek New Testament
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Tag Archives: Titus 1:3
The Appointed Time: Grammatical Revelation and Apostolic Commission in Titus 1:3
Ἐφανέρωσε δὲ καιροῖς ἰδίοις τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐν κηρύγματι ὃ ἐπιστεύθην ἐγὼ κατ’ ἐπιταγὴν τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Θεοῦ, (Titus 1:3)
But he revealed his word at the proper times through preaching, with which I was entrusted according to the command of God our Savior.
God’s Word Revealed: Literary and Theological Context of Titus 1:3This verse continues Paul’s tightly constructed theological introduction to the letter to Titus. It connects God’s eternal purpose (v. 2) with the historical manifestation of that purpose through apostolic proclamation. The grammar balances aorist revelation, dative means, relative clauses, and prepositional agency to present a compact theology of preaching: God’s word is made visible through the divinely appointed mission of proclamation.… Learn Koine Greek