The Inward Jew: Romans 2:28-29 and Biblical Greek Syntax

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