A love for the word of God can manifest itself in many ways.

You might be someone who always makes time to read your Bible, every day. You might be someone who memorizes verses, chapters, or entire books of the Bible. You might even be someone who reads commentaries in order to get a better understanding of what’s your Bible is saying. Or, you might be someone who decides to learn Greek.

The interesting thing is that, of those practices listed above—daily Bible reading, Bible memorization, studying commentaries, and learning Greek—it’s learning Greek seems to be the one that most people think is either 1) not worth it, or 2) not realistic.

I’m not 100% sure why that’s the case, although I have a hunch.

Far from being a most valuable tool in the toolbox, learning biblical Greek has become the annoying tool many bring out to make others feel small. You know the phrases as well as I do…

Well, the Greek here says.
If you know the Greek then you know your translation has a mistake in this verse.
I’m closer to God than you, because I know Greek.

I don’t know if anyone has actually said the third statement in that list, but that’s how it often comes across. And that’s too bad.

It’s too bad because those with PhDs in Greek hate Jesus. Learning Greek does not guarantee anyone anything in relation to an actual connection with the triune God, because learning Greek does not raise a spiritually dead person to life.

All that being said, scores and scores of people throughout the ages have taken the time and expelled the energy to learn Koine Greek with the sole reason being that they love God and his word. And that actually makes sense. What do we do with the people or things we love? We devote time and energy to them. Sure, we count the costs. But, in the end, our love moves us forward. I don’t think it ought to be any different with God’s word and our learning Greek.

Does this mean everyone should learn Greek? Probably not. You can love God’s word and not want to have anything to do with Greek, but I dare you to learn Greek because you love God and his word and come away thinking that it wasn’t worth it.

If you’re interested in learning biblical Greek and you’d like some help along the way, please email me at kevindavis1986@gmail.com. I’d be happy to discuss with you some different teaching options that will help you get into the Greek of the New Testament!