Titus 1:6
lance w seevers
lws39 at juno.com
Mon Aug 5 21:25:29 EDT 2002
It was my understanding that TEKNA, PISTA and ANUPOTAKTA agreed with one
another.
Walt Seevers
On Mon, 5 Aug 2002 21:01:26 EDT OTEROFAMILY4 at aol.com writes:
> 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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