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Chapter 1

2 John

In these next thr

ee chapters, you will meet very little that you do not already know,
assuming you have nished Basics of Biblical Greek in good fashion. The purpose
of these chapters is to let you sit back, relax a little, and enjoy seeing how much you
have learned. We will start meeting new material in chapter 4.
In the vocabulary section I have listed words that occur less than 10 times. Use the
dictionary in the back of

BBG

to nd those that occur 10 through 49 times. You
should know all the rest.

V

ocabulary

kuio,

lady

(2)

,r\o, ,r\oivo, ,r\ov

black

(6). The form

,r\ov

can mean

ink.

o., ou, o

paper

(1)

Salutation

1:1

O rrou.ro rk\rk. kuio koi .oi .rkvoi ou., ou ry


oyor rv o\0rio, koi ouk ry ,ovo o\\o koi rov.r oi ryvko.r

l

.v


o\0riov,

1:2

oio .v o\0riov .v ,rvouoov rv ,iv koi ,r0 ,v ro.oi ri


.ov oivo.

2





1:3

ro.oi ,r0 ,v oi r\ro riv roo 0rou ro.o koi


roo Ioou Xio.ou .ou uiou .ou ro.o rv o\0rio koi oyor.

1

Hint: I see an

o.

and what appears to be an augment, but is it?

2

ri .ov oivo

is a normal Gr

eek idiom meaning forever.
2

A

Graded Reader of Biblical Gr

eek

T

ruth and Love
1:4

Lov

l

\iov o.i ruko rk .v .rkvv oou rriro.ouv.o rv


o\0rio, ko0 rv.o\v r\oo,rv roo .ou ro.o.

1:5

koi vuv r. or,


kuio, ou rv.o\v koivv yo|v ooi o\\o v rio,rv

2

or o, ivo


oyor,rv o\\\ou.

1:6

koi ou. ro.iv oyor, ivo rriro.,rv ko.o .o


rv.o\o ou.ou ou. rv.o\ ro.iv, ko0 kouoo.r or o, ivo rv ou.
rriro..r.

1:7

O.i ro\\oi r\ovoi r\0ov ri .ov koo,ov, oi , o,o\oyouv.r


Ioouv Xio.ov ro,rvov rv ooki ou.o ro.iv o r\ovo koi o ov.iio.o.


1:8

\rrr.r

3

rou.ou, ivo , oro\ro.r

4

o riyooo,r0o o\\o ,io0ov r\


oro\o.r.

1:9

Ho o rooyv koi , ,rvv rv . oioo .ou Xio.ou 0rov ouk


rri o ,rvv rv . oioo, ou.o koi .ov ro.ro koi .ov uiov rri.

1:10

ri .i


rr.oi ro u,o koi .ou.v .v oioov ou |rri, , \o,ovr.r ou.ov ri

1

Hint: Look car

efully at the stem vowel and the eta. Ok, this is pretty hard. An-
other hint: the nal eta is a tense formative and one of the stem vowels has
dropped out.

2

Hint: this is a dif

cult augment. You would normally expect

o,rv.

3

Hint: this is not an indicative.

4

Hint: This is a compound verb whose tense stems ar

e difcult to identify. Think
of verbal roots.
2 John

Chapter 1

3

oikiov koi oiriv ou. , \ryr.r



1:1

1

o \ryv yo ou. oiriv koivvri


.oi ryoi ou.ou .oi rovoi.

Final Greetings

1:12

Ho\\o rv u,iv yo|riv ouk rou\0v oio o.ou koi


,r\ovo, o\\o r\ri yrvro0oi ro u,o koi o.o,o ro o.o,o

l

\o\ooi,


ivo oo ,v rrr\,rv .

2

1:13

Aoror.oi or

3

.o .rkvo . oor\| oou . rk\rk..

. . . . .

Congratulations!

You now have read an

entire

book
of the Greek New Testament!

1

Is this the holy kiss of 1 Cor 16:20?

2

Hint:

You normally see these last two words in reverse order.

3

Why is this in the case it is?