I have been marking key words and listing their occurrences in Philippians 1 for our inductive study. I could do this in a spread sheet, but it is much prettier and more fun using colored pencils.This is hard work. It reminds me of my daughter's grammar exercises - diagramming sentences, identifying parts of speech, and prepositional phrases. It has been a discipline to let the Word say what it says rather than jumping to an immediate interpretation/application. I also realized how much I have been missing in these familiar passages.
I am looking forward to digging deeper this week. I just need to keep my colors straight.
Great post! I love the line, just need to keep my colors straight. I know what you mean. I thought I was done with diagraming, but working with the Greek it sometimes is a necessity. Glad you are enjoying your study, Philippians is a great epistle!
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