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
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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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