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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