OUSIN in Phil 1:1

Ken Smith kens at 180solutions.com
Sat Mar 10 18:33:29 EST 2001


Actually, Greek participles don't have person -- so the correct parsing
is "Present Active Participle, Masculine Plural Dative", without any
reference to person.

Ken Smith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Noel & Mary Fitzpatrick [mailto:njfitzpatrick at eircom.net] 
> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 12:37 PM
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> Subject: [b-greek] Re: OUSIN in Phil 1:1
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> 
> Phil 1:1 reads 'PASIN TOIS hAGIOIS EN CRISTWi IHSOU TOIS 
> OUSIN EN FILIPPOIS'.  In most translations OUSIN is given as 'who 
> are'.  Other translations give 'that are', 'which are' or  
> 'qui sunt', while 
> 
> some versions omit a translation.  OUSIN is the present participle 
> active dative masculine second person plural.  
> 
> A search found three other examples in the NT, which are Eph 1:1, 
> 2Cor 1:1 and Romans 1:7.  In all of these 'who are' is the most 
> common translation of OUSIN. 
> 
> Thus  none of the usual translations show that OUSIN is second 
> person.  Would 'you who are' or, preferably, 'you being' be 
> preferred translations?  
> 
> Explicitly using  the second person 'you'  makes the translation more 
> personal, warm and intimate.  Secondly 'being' rather than 'who are' 
> uses one word  rather than two words and shows more clearly that  
> OUSIN is a present active participle, agreeing with hAGIOIS in 
> number, gender and case.
> 
> Thus would an appropriate translation be '... to all the 
> saints in Christ 
> Jesus, you being in Philippi....'?
> 
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