Keeping On in Context: Progressive English, Greek Verbal Aspect, and the Ethics (1 John 3:4–10)

Reformed Thinking · Sep 2, 2026 · 40m

Deep Dive into Keeping On in Context: Progressive English, Greek Verbal Aspect, and the Ethics (1 John 3:4–10)

The companion essays explore how Greek verbal aspect is translated into English progressive constructions, focusing particularly on the theological and ethical implications of 1 John 3:4–10. Both texts address a central interpretive tension in the Epistle of First John: the apparent contradiction between the warning that believers deceive themselves if they claim to be entirely without sin, and the absolute assertion that those born of God do not commit sin.

The authors resolve this…