1 Corinthians 2:13,14

Polycarp66 at aol.com Polycarp66 at aol.com
Wed Mar 27 23:01:42 EST 2002


In a message dated 3/27/2002 10:03:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
cauley at airmail.net writes:

   hA KAI LALOUMEN OUK EN DIDAKTOIS ANQRWPINHS SOFIAS LOGOIS ALL 
   EN DIDAKTOIS     
PNEUMATOS hAGIOU PNEUMATIKOIS PNEUMATIKA SUGKRINONTES YUCIKOS DE ANQPWPOS .
. .

Does the adjective PNEUMATIKOIS refer back to the noun LOGOIS or to a
non-stated noun ANQPRWPOIS as possibly alluded to in the context?  Or is
PNEUMATIKOIS functioning in some other way not mentioned?  I am inclined to
think that it is referring to LOGOIS, but I would like to hear the evidence
for other opinions here.
_______________________

Neither.  I'm trying to think of a comparison.  Suppose I were to say

"We speak regarding music to the musical - comparing baroque to baroque." 

It's perhaps not a very good comparison - sorry.  Maybe it will nevertheless 
convey the structure of the passage.  PNEUMATIKA is the direct object of the 
participle SUGKRINONTES and PNEUMATIKOIS are the things with which they are 
SUGKRINONTES. Think of "comparing apples to apples" (or if you wish to use 
Platonic terms "appleness").

gfsomsel

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