Titus 1:6

OTEROFAMILY4 at aol.com OTEROFAMILY4 at aol.com
Mon Aug 5 21:01:26 EDT 2002


Dear List,    

Ti 1:6 : EI TIS ESTIN ANEGKLHTOS MIAS GUNAIKOS ANHR TEKNA ECWN PISTA MH EN 
KATHGORIA ASWTIAS H ANUPOTAKTA

 I'm trying to determine if the phrase "MH EN KATHGORIA ASWTIAS H ANUPOTAKTA" 
refers to the TEKNA or to the TIS/church leader. Virtually every translation 
refers it to the children, or simply inserts an ambiguous comma without 
explicit reference. The NASB seems to be the only one connecting it to the 
leader.
However, it seems to me that for a number of reasons it should refer to the 
leader:
1. Grammatically, I would expect to see a relative connecting it to the 
children (in fact, some older translations add a relative). The author 
doesn't seem to be opposed to using relatives (cf. 1:10,11,KTL)

2.  The general "style" of vv. 6-11 seems to be one of short, non hypotactic 
clauses (except for v. 11, which has 3 relatives)

3. V. 6 seems to be a sort of self contained unit describing the 
arch-characteristic of ANEGKLHTOS. The next phrases seem to expound on this 
characteristic by relating to a) wife, b) children, and then c) self - the 
whole household in effect  (I know this touches on hermeneutics/ exegesis, 
but it bears somewhat on the passage).

Any suggestions are appreciated (especially in regards to linguistic 
analyses)

Esteban Otero
Tampa, FL 



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