Why Go Through the Drudgery of Memorizing Greek Paradigms

From Dane Ortlund's blog: Strawberry-Rhubarb Theology: Why Go Through the Drudgery of Memorizing Greek Paradigms: 

"Biblical exegesis should be the intellectual enzyme that transforms the stupor of our worldly and futile affections into a deep and glad and living hope. . . . [It is] the cognitive catalyst that triggers a combustion of divine joy in the human heart."

--John Piper, Biblical Exegesis: Discovering the Meaning of Scriptural Texts, 4-5.


A serious reminder to me while I am in the midst of learning Greek. Studying God's Word in the original language should be a joyful exercise that is transformative in nature.