BIOS in Jo 2:16

Jim West jwest at Highland.Net
Fri Oct 22 20:07:16 EDT 1999


At 07:41 PM 10/22/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Dear friends,
>
>Maybe you could help me to understand the expression ALAZONEIA TOU BIOU in 
>Jo 1:16?
>"For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the 
>eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the 
>world."

in the subject line you have John 2:16..., and in the line above you have
1:16- but the passage in fact is 1 John 2:16.  Steven Smalley, in the "Word
Biblical Commentary" translates with "pride in one's life style".  Alazonia
is arrogance for which there is no basis in reality.  If tou biou is a
subjective genitive it means "the pride deriving from life" but if it is an
objective genitive it means "boasting about....  etc".

I think S. is on course here, and I take it as a subjective genitive, as I
also take the preceding genitives of the series.

Best,

Jim
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