Abbreviations
| AB | Anchor Bible |
| ABD | Anchor Bible Dictionary. 6 vols. Edited by David Noel Freedman. New York: Doubleday, 1992 |
| ANLEX | Timothy Friberg, Barbara Friberg, and Neva F. Miller. Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000 |
| AYB | Anchor Yale Bible |
| BAGD | Bauer, Walter, William F. Arndt, F. Wilbur Gingrich, and Frederick W. Danker. Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1979 |
| BAGL | Biblical and Ancient Greek Linguistics |
| BBR | Bulletin of Biblical Research |
| BDAG | Danker, Frederick W., Walter Bauer, William F. Arndt, and F. Wilbur Gingrich. Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2000 |
| BDF | Blass, Friedrich, Albert Debrunner, and Robert W. Funk. A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961 |
| BECNT | Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament |
| BETL | Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium |
| BibInt | Biblical Interpretation |
| BJRL | Bulletin of the John Rylands Library |
| BLG | Biblical Languages: Greek |
| BNTC | Blackâs New Testament Commentary |
| BT | Bible Translator |
| BZNW | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft |
| CBET | Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology |
| CBQ | Catholic Biblical Quarterly |
| CBR | Currents in Biblical Research |
| CPNIVC | The College Press NIV Commentary |
| ConcC | Concordia Commentary |
| CTJ | Calvin Theological Journal |
| CTL | Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics |
| CurTM | Currents in Theology and Mission |
| CWMAKH | Collected Works of M. A. K. Halliday |
| DASK | Duisburger Arbeiten zur Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft |
| DNTB | Dictionary of New Testament Background. Edited by Craig A. Evans and Stanley E. Porter. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2000 |
| DPL | Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. Edited by Gerald F. Hawthorne and Ralph P. Martin. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1993 |
| ECC | Eerdmans Critical Commentary |
| EDNT | Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament. Edited by Horst Balz and Gerhard Schneider. ET. 3 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990â1993 |
| EGGNT | Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament |
| EKKNT | Evangelisch-Katholischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament |
| EQ | Evangelical Quarterly |
| FF | Foundations & Facets |
| FFF | Foundations and Facets Forum |
| FN | FilologÃa Neotestamentaria |
| GBS | Guides to Biblical Scholarship |
| GTA | Göttinger theologischer Arbeiten |
| HBSV | Handbook of Biblical Social Values. Edited by John J. Pilch and Bruce J. Malina. Matrix: The Bible in Mediterranean Context 10. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2016 |
| HNTC | Harperâs New Testament Commentaries |
| HTS | Harvard Theological Studies |
| IAL | Issues in Applied Linguistics |
| ICC | International Critical Commentary |
| IESS | International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences. Edited by David L. Sills and Robert K. Merton. New York: Macmillan, 1968â |
| IFG3 | M. A. K. Halliday and C. M. I. M. Matthiessen. An Introduction to Functional Grammar. London: Arnold, 2004 |
| Int | Interpretation |
| JAAR | Journal of the American Academy of Religion |
| JBL | Journal of Biblical Literature |
| JEAP | Journal of English for Academic Purposes |
| JETS | Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society |
| JGRChJ | Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism |
| JLIABG | Journal of the Linguistics Institute of Ancient and Biblical Greek |
| JPL | Journal of Philosophic Logic |
| JSNT | Journal for the Study of the New Testament |
| JSNTSup | Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series |
| JSOTSup | Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series |
| JTS | Journal of Theological Studies |
| KEK | Kritisch-exegetischer Kommentar über das Neue Testament |
| LBRS | Lexham Bible Reference Series |
| LCBI | Literary Currents in Biblical Interpretation |
| LCL | Loeb Classical Library |
| LEC | Library of Early Christianity |
| LENT | Linguistic Exegesis of the New Testament |
| LLL | Longman Linguistics Library |
| L&N | Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains. Edited by J. P. Louw and E. A. Nida. New York: UBS, 1989 |
| LNTS | Library of New Testament Studies |
| LSJ | H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, and H. S. Jones. A Greek-English Lexicon. 9th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995 |
| MNTC | Moffatt New Testament Commentary |
| MTSS | McMaster Theological Studies Series |
| NAB | New American Bible |
| NAC | New American Commentary |
| NASB | New American Standard Bible |
| NCBC | New Cambridge Bible Commentary |
| NET | New English Translation |
| NICNT | New International Commentary on the New Testament |
| NICOT | New International Commentary on the Old Testament |
| NIDNTT | New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology. Edited by C. Brown. 4 vols. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975â1985 |
| NIGTC | New International Greek Testament Commentary |
| NIV | New International Version |
| NIVAC | NIV Application Commentary |
| NovT | Novum Testamentum |
| NovTSup | Supplements to Novum Testamentum |
| NRSV | New Revised Standard Version |
| NTL | New Testament Library |
| NTM | New Testament Monographs |
| NTS | New Testament Studies |
| OBC | Oxford Bible Commentary |
| PAST | Pauline Studies |
| PNTC | Pillar New Testament Commentary |
| RelSRev | Religious Studies Review |
| RQ | Restoration Quarterly |
| SBG | Studies in Biblical Greek |
| SBLDS | Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series |
| SBLMS | Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series |
| SBLRBS | Society of Biblical Literature Resources for Biblical Studies |
| SBLSS | Society of Biblical Literature Symposium Series |
| SE | Studia evangelica |
| SHBC | Smyth and Helwys Bible Commentary |
| SNTG | Studies in New Testament Greek |
| SNTSMS | Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series |
| SP | Sacra Pagina |
| SSEJC | Studies in Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity |
| ST | Studia Theologica |
| TDNT | Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Edited by Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich. Translated by Geoffrey W. Bromiley. 10 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1964â1976 |
| TJ | Trinity Journal |
| TLNT | Ceslas Spiq. Theological Lexicon of the New Testament. Translated and edited by James D. Ernest. 3 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994 |
| TNIV | Todayâs New International Version |
| TUGAL | Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur |
| WBC | Word Biblical Commentary |
| WTJ | Westminster Theological Journal |
| ZNW | Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche |