Greek Reading
2025–2026
Nicene Creed, Philemon, 1 John, Hebrews 11
Led by Bernard Bell
Date: July 2-30, September 17, 2025 – May 6, 2026 [Wednesdays].
Time: 7:30-9:00 am
Venue: Hybrid: in-person: PBCC Library & online: Zoom.
Contact Bernard Bell if you have questions.
Schedule
| Fall | 2025 | Winter | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Text | Date | Text | |
| Sep 17 | Nicene Creed: 1. The Father | Jan 7 | 1 John 2:1-6 | |
| Sep 24 | 2a The Son | Jan 14 | 2:7-14 | |
| Oct 1 | 2b The Son incarnate | Jan 21 | 2:15-19 | |
| Oct 8 | 3a The Spirit | Jan 28 | 2:20-25 | |
| Oct 15 | 3b The Church | Feb 4 | 2:26-29 | |
| Oct 22 | Hebrews 11:1-3 | Feb 11 | Heb 11:8-12 | |
| Oct 29 | Hebrews 11:4-5 | Feb 18 | Heb 11:13-16 | |
| Nov 5 | Hebrews 11:6-7 | Feb 25 | Heb 11:17-22 | |
| Nov 12 | Philemon 1-12 | Mar 4 | 1 John 3:1-3 | |
| Nov 19 | Philemon 13-25 | Mar 11 | 3:4-10 | |
| Nov 26 | Thanksgiving break | Mar 18 | 3:11-20 | |
| Dec 3 | 1 John 1:1-4 | Mar 25 | 3:21–4:3 | |
| Dec 10 | 1 John 1:5–10 | Apr 1 | 4:4-10 | |
| Dec 17 | John 1:19-34 | Apr 8 | no class | |
| Dec 24 | Christmas break | Apr 15 | 4:11-16 | |
| Dec 31 | Christmas break | Apr 22 | 4:17- | |
| Apr 29 | no class | |||
| May 6 |
Greek texts (single pdf): Nicene Creed, Philemon, 1-3 John, Hebrews 11:1–12:3.
1 Timothy: Greek text: UBS5r (pdf). NET Bible translation with footnotes: pdf.
Hebrews: Greek text UBS5r (pdf). NET Bible translation with footnotes: pdf.
Bernard’s sermons on Hebrews 1:1–11:6 (2022-25, 33 sermons, pdf).
Helpful Internet Resources
NET Bible, fonts for NET Bible.
Unicode Texts: SBL Greek NT.
Unicode Fonts:
- Tyndale House, Cambridge: Unicode Font Kit. This kit includes the Cardo 0.98 font. A newer version (1.04) of Cardo is available.
- SBL (Society of Biblical Literature) fonts: BibLit, Greek, Hebrew.
- SIL (Summer Institute of Linguistics): SIL Ezra (Hebrew); Charis, Doulos, Gentium (3 fonts using multilingual Latin-based alphabets, useful for transliteration; I generally use Gentium Plus for Greek and transliteration).