II Peter 1:3, hWS...TA PROS...

Mike Sangrey mike at sojurn.lns.pa.us
Thu Jan 13 10:16:38 EST 2000



	hWS PANTA hMIN THS QEIAS DUNAMEWS AUTOU
	TA PROS ZWHN KAI EUSEBEIAN DEDWRHMENHS

My question is:
  Is hWS...AUTOU an adverbial clause modifying TA...DEDWRHMENHS?

My thought is the author uses TA followed by a prepositional phrase
starting with PROS to trigger the reader into 'facing' the subject of
his thought, that is ZWHN KAI EUSEBEIAN.  He starts with a bigger
picture and quickly places the topic at hand in front of his reader.

Is that way of looking at it natural to the Greek mind?

I would probably translate it something like:

    Just as His divine power gave us all, so (also) he gave us life
    and godliness [though I prefer 'godward devotion' instead of
    godliness, but that's a separate discussion.]

-- 
Mike Sangrey
mike at sojurn.lns.pa.us
Landisburg, Pa.
       There is no 'do' in faith, everywhere present within it is 'done'.
             And faith should commend itself from within every 'do'.





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