October 24, 2022 // Kevin Grasso Share this Post Introduction Romans 2:28-29 in Greek reads: 28 οὐ γὰρ ὁ ἐν τῷ φανερῷ Ἰουδαῖός ἐστιν οὐδὲ ἡ ἐν τῷ φανερῷ ἐν σαρκὶ περιτομή, 29 ἀλλʼ ὁ ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ Ἰουδαῖος, καὶ περιτομὴ καρδίας ἐν πνεύματι οὐ γράμματι, οὗ ὁ ἔπαινος οὐκ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀλλʼ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ.
Gentiles and Torah: Romans 2:14 and the Nature of Biblical Greek Adverbs
October 14, 2022 // Kevin Grasso Share this Post Introduction Romans 2:14 in Greek reads ὅταν γὰρ ἔθνη τὰ μὴ νόμον ἔχοντα φύσει τὰ τοῦ νόμου ποιῶσιν, οὗτοι νόμον μὴ ἔχοντες ἑαυτοῖς εἰσιν νόμος· We can translate this as ‘For whenever gentiles who do not have Torah naturally do the things of the Torah, they are the Torah for themselves, … Read More
Justified or Made Righteous? Biblical Greek, Lexical Semantics, and Romans 3:24
October 8, 2022 // Kevin Grasso Share this Post Introduction Romans 3:24 in Greek reads: δικαιούμενοι δωρεὰν τῇ αὐτοῦ χάριτι διὰ τῆς ἀπολυτρώσεως τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ· ‘Being made righteous freely by his grace through the redemption that is in the Messiah Jesus.’ There are many points we could make about this verse, but our main question will be how … Read More
The Meaning of δικαιόω (Justify) in Paul with James Prothro (Key Terms in Pauline Theology: Part 4)
October 4, 2022 // The Biblical Languages Podcast Share this Post In this episode of the Biblical Languages Podcast, Kevin Grasso talks with Dr. James Prothro about the meaning of language related to justification and righteousness in Paul. James B. Prothro earned masters degrees in theology and in classical philology, and completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge in … Read More
From the Faith for the Faith: Pistis in Romans 1:17 and Habakkuk 2:4
September 30, 2022 // Kevin Grasso Share this Post Introduction Origen and the meaning of πίστις The meaning of πίστις at the time of Paul Interpreting πίστις in Romans 1:17 Share this Post