In order to receive exemption from NT 501 and 502 the student must demonstrate competence in basic Greek grammar, vocabulary, word formation, syntax, and translating skills.

• Accents: a basic understanding of accents, breathing marks, and punctuation
• Nouns: the knowledge of and ability to reproduce paradigms for all three declensions
• Pronouns: the knowledge of and ability to reproduce paradigms for the definite article, personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, relative pronouns, indefinite pronouns, and reflexive pronouns
• Verbs: the knowledge of all verb tenses (except pluperfect) and voices, as well as the ability to create full paradigms for each
  • the knowledge of all verb moods (except optative) and the ability to create full paradigms for each
  • the knowledge of participles in all tenses (except pluperfect) and the ability to create full paradigms for each
  • the knowledge of infinitives for all the verb tenses (except pluperfect) and the ability to create full paradigms for each
  • the knowledge of contract and liquid verbs
  • the ability to parse any verbal form
• Syntax:
  • understanding of adjective-noun relationships
  • understanding of prepositions and their objects
  • understanding of the five case system
  • understanding of verbs and verbal moods
  • understanding of participle and infinitive usage
• Vocabulary: knowledge of vocabulary that occurs in the New Testament 80x or more.
• Translation: the ability to translate Greek sentences that presuppose competence in the areas listed above

Students should consult New Testament Greek for Beginners, by J. Gresham Machen, as a reference for any of the requirements listed above.