Modifiers
Article: Personal Pronoun
Article: Possessive Pronoun
Article: Phrase
Odds n’ Ends: Diacriticals Μωϋσῆς
Odds n’ Ends: Elision Mark 2:17 “I have not come to call the pious, but sinners (ἀλλ᾿ ἁμαρτωλούς), to repentance.”
Odds n’ Ends: Lexical Forms λέγω λέγειν
Odds n’ Ends: Postpositives
Sentence Structure (Summary) Subject and Predicate
Sentence Structure: Phrasing Simple sentence Compound (coordinating conjunction) Complex (1 or more dependent)
Sentence Structure: Phrasing Simple sentence Compound (coordinating conjunction) Complex (1 or more dependent) Compound-complex (2 independent, 1+ dependent)
Sentence Structure: Phrasing Hypotactic Main clause with dependent clauses English and Paul Paratactic Linked independent clauses Narrative and John
Conjunction + verb + subject + object Word Order Conjunction + verb + subject + object Why so many initial conjunctions are not translated Alter for emphasis Nuance Emphasis
Conjunction + verb + subject + object Word Order Conjunction + verb + subject + object
Emphasis 1 Tim 2:4 God “wishes all people to be saved.” ὃς πάντας ἀνθρώπους θέλει σωθῆναι.
Emphasis Gal 2:19a “For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ.” ἐγὼ γὰρ διὰ νόμου νόμῳ ἀπέθανον, ἵνα θεῷ ζήσω. Χριστῷ συνεσταύρωμαι.
Emphasis Rom 1:17c “The righteous shall live by faith” (ESV). ὁ δὲ δίκαιος ἐκ πίστεως ζήσεται
Idioms Rom 5:12 “Just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because (ἐφ᾿ ᾧ) all have sinned —”
Noun Phrases: Dative Matt 5:8 “Blessed are the pure in heart (τῇ καρδίᾳ), for they will see God.” “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”
Noun Phrases: Genitive 1 Tim 1:2 “Grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord (τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν).”
Noun Phrases: Genitive 1 Tim 1:2 “Grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.”