TINI LOGWi (1 Cor 15:2)
Manolis Nikolaou
aei_didaskomenos at hotmail.com
Sat Apr 27 19:09:58 EDT 2002
(1 Cor 15:1) GNWRIZW DE hUMIN, ADELFOI, TO EUAGGELION hO EUHGGELISAMHN
hUMIN, hO KAI PARELABATE, EN hW KAI hESTHKATE,
(1 Cor 15:2) DI' hOU KAI SWZESQE, TINI LOGWi EUHGGELISAMHN hUMIN EI
KATECETE, EKTOS EI MH EIKH EPISTEUSATE.
"TINI LOGWi EUHGGELISAMHN hUMIN EI KATECETE" is usually translated as "if
you hold fast that word which I preached you". But: could the verb
KATECETE take an object in dative? And: even if dative was possible here,
wouldn't something like "TWi LOGWi hON EUHGGELISAMHN hUMIN EI KATECETE"
(instead of "TINI LOGWi") be more expected here? How does TINI function in
this passage, anyway?
Regards,
Manolis Nikolaou
Greece
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