I’m in the midst of learning Hebrew, about to start week 5 (or 6, not exactly sure now). And also doing Greek Readings, a class designed to keep your Greek up and help you to continue learning new things about Biblical (Koina) Greek. Each week are responsible to translate a 10-25 verse long section of scripture. We just had our midterm last Friday (we read a section from John 20, Luke 11, and Romans 11:28-12:2).
The cool thing is that we get a week to work on each reading, two classes to sit with a professor and about a dozen classmates and discuss the text, to get better at Greek, to get better at translating, to learn as much as you can about not only the reading but also about the specifics of the Greek words chosen, the syntax, the vocabulary, and the grammar.
So the cool thing that I learned this last week; which was not even in my Greek class, but was shared by my friend Adam, who tutored me in Greek and is now doing me the same favor in Hebrew. In James, where the English is translated, “2:14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 and one of you 
says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.”
And actually the Greek word is not the adjective – dead (νεκρός) but rather is the noun – corpse (νεκρά). That is amazing and changes the typical meaning of the verse a little. And in light of Romans 12:1 & 2), this adds so many more nuances and new insights to these verses. Faith isn’t just dead, it’s an empty corpse, and we are no longer living sacrifices, our faith no longer has a vessel through which to work its works.
In deed this is just the tip of the iceberg and in need of more in-depth study.
And this, is why you should learn Greek.
Cup Overflowing 