Exegesis

A claim about the text that the Greek will support. For each clause, separate three things: what the Greek requires, what it allows, and what you may not say yet. A commentary comes after that, not before.

1. Mark the subject, the verb, and the word that joins the clause.
2. Name the form that changes the sense: article, case, mood, or aspect.
3. If a form allows two readings, write both. Do not pick one to fit a conclusion.
4. Write one sentence you can defend. Write one sentence this clause does not authorize.

• John 1:1καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος
• 1 John 4:8ὁ θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν
• John 3:16Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε τὸν υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλ᾽ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
• Mark 1:1Ἀρχὴ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
• Romans 3:23πάντες γὰρ ἥμαρτον καὶ ὑστεροῦνται τῆς δόξης τοῦ θεοῦ