Romans 12: 6b

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Jul 6 07:08:59 EDT 2001


Another of the more recent queries left without response:

At 9:46 PM +0000 7/4/01, Mark Wilson wrote:
>Romans 12: 6b and following
>
>EITE PROFHTEIAN KATA THN ANALOGIAN THS PISTEWS
>EITE DIAKONIAN EN THi DIAKONIA
>
>EITE hO DIDASKWN EN THi DIDASKALIAi
>EITA hO PARAKALWN EN THi PARAKLHSEI
>
>hO METADIDOUS EN hAPLOTHTI
>hO PROISTAMENOS EN SPOUDHi
>hO ELEWN EN hILAROTHTI
>
>The first two uses of EITE are followed by Accusatives.
>The next two uses of EITE are followed by substantival participles.
>
>This construct I think has lead one scholar to the following conclusion:
>
>"The other gifts listed are subsets of prophecy and serving.
>That teaching and exhorting belong under prophecy, while giving, presiding,
>and
>showing mercy belong under serving."
>
>Does this conclusion seem probable?

Personally I think that's an overly hair-splitting analysis of implications
of what is much more likely a matter of rhetorical variation.
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
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