Colossians 1:16

Michael Abernathy mabernat at cub.kcnet.org
Tue Jun 26 20:47:49 EDT 2001


I understand that in Colossians 1:16 en autw may be understood as the agent through which the action of creation is accomplished.  This raises a couple of questions for me.  First, when the action is performed through an intelligent being, is the one doing the action necessarily different from the agent?
Second, in this case, the difference between instrumentality and agency sounds rather narrow.  I know that many of the discussions on this list imply a very exact use of the language.  My question then, is this, "How precisely did the average Greek speaker use the language?"  I expect to find rather fine distinctions in Plato.  Should I expect the same level of precision in Paul?
Thank you for your help.
Michael Abernathy
mabernat at cub.kcnet.org

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