Eph 5:18, EN PNEUMATI

dixonps at juno.com dixonps at juno.com
Fri Jul 21 11:23:44 EDT 2000




On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 06:26:39 -0500 "Harold R. Holmyard III"
<hholmyard at ont.com> writes:
> Dear Paul,
> 
>      You write:
> 
> >Am re-thinking whether the anarthrous construction here [in Eph 
> 5:18],
> >coupled with the contextual PERIPATEITE EN AGAPNi (5:2), hWS TEKNA 
> QWTOS
> >PERIPATEITE (5:8) and PERIPATEITE ... hWS SOFOI (5:15), shouldn't 
> be taken
> >as an exhortation to be continually filled with spiritual matters, 
> such as
> >love, holiness, and wisdom.
> 
> >Thoughts?
> 
> Paul, please compare Acts 13:52.

Thanks, Harold, but I don't find much help there.  If we compare
the anarthrous CARAS to its complementary anarthrous
PNEUMATOS hAGIOU (in Acts 13:52), on what basis do we
opt for an indefinite or qualitative joy in the first followed by
a definite Holy Spirit in the second?

Furthermore, even if hAGIOU does qualify PNEUMATOS, is it
enough to identify it as the Holy Spirit?  Why couldn't it refer to 
a holy spirit?

Paul Dixon



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