Eph. 1:17 Function of EN

James S. Murray jsmurray at execpc.com
Tue Jan 30 23:23:39 EST 2001


I would appreciate some help in understanding the function EN in Eph.
1:17.  The text reads:

hINA hO QEOS TOU KURIOU hHMWN IHSOU CRISTOU, hO PATHR THS DOXHS, DWHi
hUMIN PNEUMA SOFIAS KAI APOKALUPSEWS EN EPIGNWSEI AUTOU

While a number of options seem possible to me (e.g. reference: "with
regards to knowing him", reason: "because you know him"), I was suprised
to find two translations that treat this as indicating purpose or
result.

NIV:  "so that you might know him better"
TEV:  "so that you will know him"

I was not aware that EN could indicate purpose or result.  Is this
possible?

Thanks.

Jim Murray
Racine, WI




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