All Things are Better in Koine

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You have got to see this YouTube presentation of the value of learning Greek, entitled "All Things are Better in Koine." Here are the Lyrics.

All Things Are Better in Koine Lyrics
Written by Derek North © 2008

Kids! Is your English translation getting you down?
Teens! Is your “Dude on the Street” bible leaving you with a frown?
Pastors! To what page can you flip when you need that exegetical trip?
Well, my friends I’m here to tell you that all things are better in….KOINE!
All things are better in Koine
It’s what the Scriptures really say
It saves the exegetical day
All things are better in Koine
En arche en ho logos, kai ho logos en pros ton theon, kai theos en ho logos
Now don’t that make me sound more holy? Yeah!!!
All things are better in Koine
It’s what the Scriptures really say
It saves the exegetical day
All things are better in Koine.

Remember everyone, theology is done in community
So why do you sing and repeat after me…..
(Lego my ego, lego my ego)
That cracks me up every time I hear it
(Lego my ego, lego my ego)
That joke kills me
(Lego my ego, lego my ego)
That never gets old!
(Lego my ego, lego my ego)
Oh man!

K (to the) O I N (to the) E
D.W. bringing the beat–Daniel Wallace
K (to the) O I N (to the) E
K (to the) O I N (to the) E
Bill Mounce gonna make you bounce
Yo, Daniel Wallace
I’m busting out like Daniel Wallace
Watch me parse them verbs cuz my Greek is flawless
What you think, you got mad skills?
Best check again cuz my Koine kills!
My Greek abilities left my brain
Now I praise the Lord cuz they back again! Amen!
K (to the) O I N (to the) E
Objective Genitive that’s the category!!
K (to the) O I N (to the) E
D.W. bringing the beat–Daniel Wallace

All things are better in Koine:
Like in the blue GNT with all the extra textual critical information
It’s what D.A. Carson says:
And if you can’t trust this guy, who can you trust?
It saves the exegetical day:
Especially in 1 Timothy 2:12
All things are better, yes they are better
ti legeis en koine
It used to drive me insane but now I use it everyday
All things are better, bound like a fetter
To my English language cynicism, my love for textual criticism
All things are better in Koine
If it’s aleph and B its good enough for me!