Acknowledgements

I would like to acknowledge that I have been greatly benefitted in this study from others who have diligently labored in the doctrines of the Scripture. If there is any credit due, give it to them. All mistakes and errors are mine: My good friend, Floyd H. Barackman (my first Theology teacher), and through his Practical Bible Training School Class notes, and his book, Practical Christian Theology,(Fleming H. Revell Company, New Jersey, 1981); also to Dr. Floyd Gardiner Ellis, my Hermeneutics and second year Greek professor, who pastored the Faith Baptist Church of Binghamton, NY. He introduced me to Pastor R. B. Thieme, Jr., Berachah Church, Houston, Texas who became so helpful over the years. These men are with the Lord now, but not forgotten and their legacy and historical impact continues in my mind and heart. It has been my privilege to stand in the shadow of these great men of God.

Abbreviations

Numbers in brackets [ ] refers to Strong's numbering system whereby Greek words are assigned a number for easy look up. "Strong, J. (1995). Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon. Woodside Bible Fellowship." Those who study the Scripture from the original languages are familiar with this lexicon.

BDAG

Arndt, W., Gingrich, F. W., Danker, F. W., & Bauer, W. (1979). A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature : a translation and adaption of the fourth revised and augmented edition of Walter Bauer’s Griechisch-deutsches Worterbuch zu den Schrift en des Neuen Testaments und der ubrigen urchristlichen Literatur. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

BDF

Blass, F., and A. Debrunner. A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. Trans. and rev. by R. W. Funk. Chicago: University of Chicago Press,1961.

BKC

Walvoord, J. F., & Zuck, R. B., Dallas Theological Seminary. (1985). The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.

D-M

H.E. Dana and J.R. Mantey, A Manuel Grammar of the Greek New Testament,The Macmillan company, 1967, fifteenth printing.

Fanning

Fanning, B. M. Verbal Aspect in New Testament Greek. Oxford: Clarendon,1990.

Kittel

Kittel, G., Friedrich, G., & Bromiley, G. W. (1985). Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans.

M-M

Moulton and Milligan, The Vocabulary of the New testament illustrated from the papyri and other non literary sources Part I,II,III, London: Hodder and Stoughton,1929.

Porter

Porter, S. E. Idioms of the Greek New Testament. Sheffield: JSOT, 1992.

Roberson Grammar

Robertson, A. T. (2006). A Grammar of the Greek New Testament in the Light of Historical Research. Logos Bible Software.

Robertson Pictures

Robertson, A. T. (1933). Word Pictures in the New Testament. Nashville, TN: Broadman Press.

Strong

Strong, J. (1995). Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon. Woodside Bible Fellowship.

Vincent

Vincent, M. R. (1887). Word studies in the New Testament (Vol. 2, p. 310). New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons.

Wallace

Wallace, D. B. (1996). Greek Grammar beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament,Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.

Wuest

Wuest, K. S. (1997). Wuest’s word studies from the Greek New Testament: for the English reader. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.