Phil. 4:7
Jim West
jwest at highland.net
Fri Jul 9 22:49:02 EDT 1999
At 07:31 PM 7/9/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear B-Greekers,
>
>How would you construe the phrase hH EIRHNH TOU QEOU in Phil. 4:7? Do
>you consider it to be a subjective genitive, an objective genitive, or
>a descriptive genitive?
Here, as in many places where the genitive is used, I think the ambiguity is
purposeful. I think Paul is speaking both of the peace which comes from God
and the peace which God has within himself. Its not, then, a case of
either/or but rather both/and.
best,
Jim
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Jim West, ThD
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