This page contains verse-by-verse translations of the original Greek text and some translation notes. In no way is this suggestive of contending with solid and reliable lexical (literal) translations like NASB, ESV, NKJV, and KJV; rather the intention here is simply to make available the weekly labor of diagramming and translating the Greek text during the process of exegesis. This translation effort maintains two chief goals: (1) it attempts to present as strictly literal a translation as possible (word-for-word) and (2) it attempts to accentuate syntactical details from the Greek into the English while being particularly mindful of concentric context and historical data. While theology should be derived from a faithful exegesis of the inspired Scripture (and not imposed upon it), whenever language ambiguity bears theological implication, a highly conservative theology is employed in the process of translation discernment.