1 John 2:3 and another small question

Mark Wilson emory2oo2 at hotmail.com
Sun Oct 1 21:43:08 EDT 2000




1 John 2:3

KAI EN TOUTWi GINWSKOMEN hOTI EGNWKAMEN AUTON, EAN TAS ENTOLAS AUTOU THRWMEN

Are there any objections to the following paraphrase or translation:

"And in this, namely, if we diligently guard and honor his commandments, we 
know that we are in a state of [intimate] knowledge of him."

How would you capture the shift from the present GINWSKOMEN to the perfect 
EGNWKAMEN ?

I have added [intimate] in an attempt to capture the idea of knowledge in a 
relationship sense, but perhaps "intimate" is too strong.

How can I translate this in such a way as to not imply that there is only 
ONE state of "knowing" someone?

I get the idea that this is dealing with "knowing" someone in the sense of a 
relationship, not in the sense of attaining more raw data about someone.


Also, what does "passim" mean? (It is not used as a Greek word. I see this 
word in a commentary I am now reading. As in: John 6:20, 14:11, 1 John 1:4, 
2 John 3, passim.)

Thank you,

Mark Wilson



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