Syntaxis

How do you want to
study today?

Syntaxis works for everyone — whether you've never done inductive study or you've been diagramming epistles for years.

Guided Study

Walk through a passage step by step — observation, interpretation, response — with prompts at every stage.

Choose a passage
Read & annotate
Build propositions
Write your reflection
Start guided
New to Bible study

Passage First

Load a passage and work through it yourself. Light prompts available if you want them — otherwise the tools are yours.

Pick book, chapter, version
All tools unlocked
Reflection prompt at the end
Load a passage
Some experience

Open Tools

Jump straight to the workspace. No prompts, no guided flow — annotate, diagram, and outline on your own terms.

Annotator
Diagrammer
Outliner + Prop Builder
Open workspace
Experienced user

Syntaxis remembers your choice — returning users land directly in their preferred mode.

The Problem

The age of
instant answers

Most Bible apps are built for consumption. You get someone else's conclusion before you've even read the text. That's not engagement — it's outsourcing.

 Instant answer

"What does Romans 8:28 mean?" — tap a button, get a 3-sentence summary from a commentary. Close the app. Done.

 Real engagement

"What do I actually see in Romans 8:28?" — mark the verbs, trace the argument, wrestle with the words. Arrive at your own understanding.

Syntaxis is built on a simple conviction: the wrestling is the point.

The Method

Three movements,
one passage

Inductive Bible study moves through three stages — and Syntaxis has a tool for each one.

1

Observation — What do I see?

Read slowly. Mark what's there — repeated words, connecting words, key verbs. Don't interpret yet. Just look.

Annotator
2

Interpretation — What does it mean?

Trace the logic. How do the sentences relate to each other? What's the main claim? What supports it?

Outliner
3

Response — What does it ask of me?

Having done the work, what does the passage demand? Write it in your own words. This is the moment it becomes yours.

Reflection
Step 1 of 3 — Observation

Choose a passage
to study

We'll walk through the method together. Pick one — each is short enough to hold in your head.

Philippians 4:4–7
"Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice…"
4 verses · Comfort
Romans 8:1–4
"There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus…"
4 verses · Doctrine
Colossians 1:15–20
"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation…"
6 verses · Christology
James 1:2–4
"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds…"
3 verses · Trials
First Read — No marking yet

Read it slowly.
Just read.

Studying:
 Before you read — context

ESV
 Guided prompt

Read through once without stopping. What's the first thing you notice? Don't analyze — just observe. When you're ready, move on.

Observation — Annotator

Now mark what
you see

Studying:
Highlight
Circle
Underline
Connected Words
What word or phrase repeats? → "rejoice" (×2), "always/everything/anything"
What's the one command in verse 6? What two things does Paul contrast?
What's the result in verse 7? Is it a command or a promise?
Interpretation — Outliner

How do the pieces
connect?

Studying:

Arrange the propositions. What's the main claim? What supports it? Use the relation labels to show how sentences relate.

Indent
Outdent
 Interpretation question

What is the main command of this passage? Everything else — is it support, contrast, or result?

Response — Your words

Now say it in
your own words

This is the most important step. Not what a commentary says. What did you find? What does this passage ask of you?

These reflections are saved privately to your account — not shared, not graded.

You did the work

You engaged
the text

That wasn't fast — and that's exactly the point. You observed, interpreted, and responded. That's inductive Bible study.

8 annotations
7 propositions
1 reflection

Where do you want to go next?

Diagram it

Visualize the sentence structure in the Diagrammer

Next passage

Continue through Philippians chapter by chapter

Export

Save your annotations and outline as a PDF

Want to go deeper?
Now that you've done your own work, compare what scholars have said — not as the answer, but as a conversation partner.

Open Workspace

Your tools,
your method

Load any passage and work through it however you want. All three tools are available from the start.

Load a passage to begin
Romans
Chapter 8
ESV
EMTV
WEB

Annotator

Mark the text

Highlight words & phrases
Draw arrows between terms
Circle, underline, box
Color-coded annotation layers
Gold Blue Green Red

Diagrammer

Map the structure

Drag & drop word blocks
Connect with labeled arrows
Phrase, clause, sentence levels
Export as SVG or PDF
Subject Verb Object Modifier

Outliner

Trace the logic

Build proposition blocks
Indent to show subordination
Label relationships (S/El/G/Res…)
Export outline as PDF
S El G Res Me/Ma

No prompts. No steps. No hand-holding.

The guided flow is always one click away if you want it — but it never appears unless you ask.

Passage First

Load any passage
you want to study

Pick any book, chapter, and verse range — then work through it with the same guided steps, prompts, and tools.

Select a passage
Philippians 4:4–7 · ESV

You'll read, annotate, outline, and reflect — with light prompts throughout.

Open Tools — Diagrammer

Reed-Kellogg
Diagrammer

The full diagrammer opens as its own workspace — drag phrase blocks, draw relationship lines, label grammatical roles, and export as PDF.

Drag & drop blocks Labeled arrows PDF export Auto-save projects
 Open Diagrammer

Opens in a new tab — your study session stays open here.