07.3. Reading 2 John in Greek

7.3. Reading 2 John in Greek The purpose of reading the Greek text now is to continue to familiarise yourself with the Greek characters. In order to do that we will have three texts open on the screen. The first one is the Greek Interlinear text. This text has the Greek text with Strong’s codes, followed by a word by word translation of every word into English. It is possible to display the text without the Strong codes in TW.

I suggest that you also open the transliterated Greek text, without Strong numbers next to the text. You may want to open a third text, the Greek text with morphological code (Greek LXX+# and Byz/MT NT +#). This is not obligatory, since the first Greek text comes with the Strong codes. The screenshot below gives 2 John 1:2-3 in TW.

I emphasise that the transliterated text is only a guide, and I believe that it is still work-in-progress. Some letters, just a few, are not transliterated properly. With what was explained in chapter 3 you should be able to identify each Greek letter. Verses 2-3 in the Greek text read: Δια την αληθειαν την μενουσαν εν ημιν και μεθη μων εσται εις τον αιωνα ³ εσται μεθ ημων χαρις ελεος ειρηνη παρα θεου πατρος και παρα ιησου χριστου του υιου του πατρος εν αληθεια και αγαπη.

Dia ton aletheian ton menousan en emin, kai meth’ emon estai eis ton aiona.³ estai meth’ emon xaris eleos eirene para theos patros, kai para iesos xristos tos uios tos patros, en aletheia kai agape.The transliterated text has a few letters that were not transliterated correctly. In verse 2 την is transliterated as ton twice. It should have been ten, or better: tēn. The ‘υ’ ending in verse 3 also seems to be a problem in the transliteration. It is transliterated as ‘s’. Otherwise the transliteration seems to be good. The rest of the Greek text is displayed below with the English translation. Notice also that meth’ is a contraction of the preposition meta. Prepositions that ends with a vowel, drops it when it occurs before a word starting with an aspirated vowel.

⁵ και^AND νυν^NOWερωτω^{I BESEECH} σε^THEE, κυρια^LADY, ουχ^NOT ως^AS εντολην^{A COMMANDMENT} γραφω^{I WRITE} σοι^{TO THEE} καινην^NEW, αλλα^BUT ην^{THAT WHICH} ειχομεν^{WE WERE HAVING} απ ^{FROM "THE"} αρχης^BEGINNING, ινα^THAT αγαπωμεν ^{WE SHOULD LOVE} αλληλους^{ONE ANOTHER. 6} και^AND αυτη^THIS εστιν η^IS αγαπη^LOVE ινα^THAT περιπατωμεν^{WE SHOULD WALK} κατα^{ACCORDING TO} τας εντολας αυτου^{HIS COMMANDMENTS.} αυτη^THIS εστιν^IS η^THE εντολη^COMMANDMENT, καθως ^{EVEN AS} ηκουσατε^{YE HEARD} απ^{FROM "THE"} αρχης^BEGINNING, ινα^THAT εν^IN αυτη^IT περιπατητε^{YE MIGHT WALK. 7} οτι ^BECAUSE πολλοι^MANY πλανοι^DECEIVERS εισηλθον^ENTERED εις^INTO τον^THE κοσμον^WORLD, οι^{THOSE WHO} μηομολογουντες ^{DO NOT CONFESS} ιησουν^JESUS χριστον^CHRISTερχομενον^COMING εν ^IN σαρκι^FLESH ουτος^THIS εστιν^IS ο^THE πλανος^DECEIVER και^AND ο^THE αντιχριστος^{ANTICHRIST. 8} βλεπετε^{SEE TO} εαυτους^YOURSELVES, ινα^THAT μη^NOT απολεσωμεν^{WE MAY LOSE} α ^{WHAT THINGS} ειργασαμεθα^{WE WROUGHT,} αλλα^BUT μισθον^{A REWARD} πληρη^FULL απολαβωμεν^{WE MAY RECEIVE. 9} πας ^ANYONE ο^WHO παραβαινων^{TRANSGRESSES,} και^AND μημενων^{ABIDES NOT} εν^IN τη^THE διδαχη^TEACHING του^{OF THE} χριστου^CHRIST, θεον^GOD ουκ^NOT εχει^HAS. ο^{HE THAT} μενων^ABIDES εν^IN τη^THE διδαχη^TEACHING του^{OF THE} χριστου^CHRIST, ουτος^{THIS "ONE"} και^BOTH τον^THE πατερα^FATHER και^AND τον^THE υιον^SON εχει^{HAS. 10} ει^IF τις^ANYONE ερχεται^COMES προς^TO υμας^YOU, και^AND ταυτηντην^THIS διδαχην^TEACHING ουφερει ^{DOES NOT BRING,} μη λαμβανετε^{DO NOT RECEIVE} αυτον^HIM εις^{INTO "THE"} οικιαν^HOUSE, και^AND χαιρειν^HAIL! αυτω^{TO HIM} μηλεγετε^{SAY NOT 11} ο γαρ^{FOR HE WHO} λεγων^SAYS αυτω^{TO HIM} χαιρειν^HAIL! κοινωνει^PARTAKES τοις^IN εργοις^WORKS αυτουτοις^HIS πονηροις^{EVIL. 12} πολλα^{MANY THINGS} εχων^HAVING υμιν^{TO YOU} γραφειν^{TO WRITE,} ουκ ηβουληθην^{I WOULD NOT} δια^WITH χαρτου^PAPER και^AND μελανος^INK αλλα^BUT ελπιζω ^HOPE ελθειν^{TO COME} προς^TO υμας^YOU, και^AND στομα^MOUTH προς^TO στομα^MOUTH λαλησαι^{TO SPEAK,} ινα η^THAT χαρα^JOY ημων ^OUR η πεπληρωμενη^{MAY BE FULL. 13} ασπαζεται^SALUTE σε^THEE τα^THE τεκνα της^CHILDREN αδελφης^SISTER σουτης^{OF THINE} εκλεκτης ^ELECT αμην ^AM

Now that we can read the text in Greek, we should start with our analysis of the text in Greek. We should study the differences between the English translations and try to explain them. Furthermore, the study of the Greek text should give us more insight into the words and grammatical constructions that were used. This detailed study is limited to 2 John 1:1-3.