Pastor Jeff Jansen has done a tremendous work in creating the Greek New Testament Study App. In my opinion, this is without a doubt the best app for Greek study that exists, and best of all, it is FREE.
You can see Jeff's detailed video review of it below. On his channel he also has numerous other videos explaining how to use the app.
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 As 2026 is around the corner, I thought I would recommend a Greek New Testament Reading Plan. Over the years there have been wonderful outlines, such as the well known and previously recommended Lee Irons Reading Plan.
Timothy Paul Jones has a new take on Lee Irons' plan. This reading plan has several benefits over others that I believe sets it apart:
TIPS FOR READING THE GNT 1. Read every day – Don’t skip days. Playing catch-up with Greek will not work when you’re behind. Read every single day, even on weekends, as this will help to reinforce the habit and discipline. When you have to take a day off, for whatever reason, use one of the Flex days.  This is a much needed update to a post that I wrote in 2011. Since that time, there have been multiple new editions of the GNT released. I will share my personal recommendations below. There is a plethora of printed Greek New Testaments in production today, and to be honest, it is overwhelming if someone is just beginning their Greek studies. As of the writing of this post, the UBS6 and NA29 are being released. I am not going to recommend them, because I do not believe they are necessary, they are expensive, and their bindings, paper, and fonts are less than desirable when compared to previous editions.
These are my recommendations:  In the first post of this series I wrote about where to start with learning Greek, namely the first year. So, once you are done with first year Greek, where do you go from there? Before jumping head first into second year Greek grammar, I have a few suggestions that should help to bridge the gap between the first and second year, between beginning and intermediate Greek.
Between 1st and 2nd Year: This is a great time to review year one grammar as well as introduce yourself into newer aspects of more intermediate grammar.  One of the biggest challenges in learning Greek is remembering what we study over the long term. It is so easy to begin to lose Greek through negligence and a lack of consistency. It is indeed easy to temporarily memorize a list of rules or words, but to devote them to permanent heart memory is the result of diligent and consistent work. This is something that does not come overnight. Below I have tried to offer a few things which have helped me in my own Greek pilgrimage.
Grammar is a must: A language cannot be learned and understood without studying and knowing its grammar. Do not listen to the person who says that "Grammar isn't that important, you don't really need it." We use grammar every day and all the time in English, often without even knowing it. One may be able to pick up bits and pieces of Greek with a Strong's, Vines, or Interlinear, however you only learn enough to become dangerous, not to accurately divide the Word. You can glean some of what is being said through tools and computer programs (Accordance, Logos, etc), however you will not get a solid grasp and understanding of what is really being communicated, you will not see shades and nuances, but will leave with only an unrefined and partial product. Continue must continue to review grammar.  This is a much needed update of a series of articles from 2012. When I began studying Greek, this is what I recommended. There have been new resources released since then, and some offering more simplified approaches. I hope to share help make your journey as easy as possible. It can be daunting learning a new language, and many people burn out and quite because they do not know where to start. You may not see your favorite grammar listed here (Mounce, Black, Decker, Harris, Campbell, etc). That does not mean that I am opposed to them, only that in my experience, I now believe that the following grammar is the best for most people.
If you follow this plan, you will be ready to jump in and start reading portions of the GNT.
If you have followed this website for any length of time you know that one of our passions is Textual Criticism, and how it builds trust in God's Word. Many of us know Daniel Wallace for his work in Greek grammar studies. What we may not know is his passionate and profound work in Textual Criticism, which you can find here.
In the following two part lecture, given at Biola University in 2011, he presents the question ''Is What We Have Now What They Wrote Then?". Are our Bibles today what the original writers wrote then, or have the become corrupted through years of copying and omissions?
The topic of the Canon and Textual Criticism are two fascinating and important topics of biblical study. They are, however, far too often neglected, and in many cases unheard of by many common church goers.
Many of us blindly believe that the bible is the Word of God, but on what basis? How do we know that the 66 books in our bibles belong there? How do we know these are the ones God wanted us to have? The study of the Canon shows us how exactly these books which are in our bibles came to belong there. For a detailed study on the Canon I highly recommend reading the masterpiece from F.F. Bruce: The Canon of Scripture. Below Dr. Bill Mounce gives a passionate and convincing lecture on these two great fields. Enjoy!  Daily Dose of Greek is a website and ministry run by Rob Plummer. He is a New Testament professor at Southern Baptist Theology Seminary in Louisville, KY.
He states that this website has 3 objectives: learn Greek from scratch, a daily dose/study, and recommended resources. If you are a student of NTG and do no subscribe to him you should should consider it. One thing I'm really excited about are his lectures that coincide with Dave Black's wonderful introductory grammar ''Learn to Read New Testament Greek". You have seen me recommend the great work by Bill Mounce "Basics of Biblical Greek". This grammar by Dave Black is also one I recommend without hesitation. His teaching style is fun and keeps you captivated while not sacrificing depth. Even if you have gone through another first year grammar, or if you are just beginning, get a copy of Dave's book and follow along with Rob. You can find his lectures here.  The study of the Canon is one of my favorite topics and areas of interest. I have been greatly blessed by it, and if nothing else, it has strengthened my faith in God and His Word. Thankfully, we have been blessed with the excellent and highly recommended work of F.F. Bruce, The Canon of Scripture, which is in my opinion, the reference standard on the subject.
Michael Kruger has written a book that all students of Scripture and the Canon should take a serious look at. He takes a different approach than Bruce, and while it does not seek to correct Bruce's work, as necessary as it was, rather it complements it. I will leave you with the publishers description, as it does a great job of what lies ahead: ''Given the popular-level conversations on phenomena like the Gospel of Thomas and Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus, as well as the current gap in evangelical scholarship on the origins of the New Testament, Michael Kruger's Canon Revisited meets a significant need for an up-to-date work on canon by addressing recent developments in the field. He presents an academically rigorous yet accessible study of the New Testament canon that looks deeper than the traditional surveys of councils and creeds, mining the text itself for direction in understanding what the original authors and audiences believed the canon to be. Canon Revisited provides an evangelical introduction to the New Testament canon that can be used in seminary and college classrooms, and read by pastors and educated lay leaders alike. In contrast to the prior volumes on canon, this volume distinguishes itself by placing a substantial focus on the theology of canon as the context within which the historical evidence is evaluated and assessed. Rather than simply discussing the history of canon-rehashing the Patristic data yet again-Kruger develops a strong theological framework for affirming and authenticating the canon as authoritative. In effect, this work successfully unites both the theology and the historical development of the canon, ultimately serving as a practical defense for the authority of the New Testament books.'' This book can be purchased here. |
