Bill Mounce
For an Informed Love of God
For an Informed Love of God
John 2:10 | and said to him, “Everyone serves the choice wine first, and then when the guests are a bit tipsy, that which is inferior (elassō | ἐλάσσω | acc sg masc comparative). But you have kept the good wine until now.” |
Romans 9:12 | not because of works, but because of his call — it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger.” (elassoni | ἐλάσσονι | dat sg masc comparative) |
1 Timothy 5:9 | Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than (elatton | ἔλαττον | adverb-comparative) sixty years old, a woman of one man, |
Hebrews 7:7 | It is beyond dispute that the person of lesser status (elatton | ἔλαττον | nom sg neut comparative) is blessed by the one of greater status. |