[B-Greek] 1 Corinthians 14:5 - 'In order that'
Steven Lo Vullo
slovullo at mac.com
Wed Apr 23 01:50:42 EDT 2003
On Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at 05:22 AM, Trevor Hawes wrote:
> Can this verse be translated from the greek as:
> "Now I wish all you to speak in tongues, but rather in order that you
> may prophesy; and greater (is) the (one) prophesying than the (one)
> speaking in tongues, except unless he interprets, in order that the
> church may receive edification."?
>
> Could it be possible that first, rather interestingly placed "INA" (in
> order that) refers to the speaking in tongues such that the first part
> can be rendered:
>
> "Now I wish all you to speak in tongues, but (I would) rather (have you
> speak in tongues) in order that you may prophesy"
Hi Trevor:
After certain types of verbs, hINA often introduces a nominal clause
that marks objective. For example, after verbs of wishing, hINA
introduces the objective of the person expressing the wish, or the
content of the wish, if you will. In this case, as BDAG points out, the
final (purpose) meaning "is greatly weakened or disappears altogether."
In such cases, hINA, if translated at all, may be rendered "that." It
functions as a substitute for an infinitive or an accusative with
infinitive. Types of verbs that take this construction are wish,
desire, strive; take care, be ashamed, be afraid; request, demand;
summon, encourage, order; cause, bring about; permit, grant.
I recently ran into an interesting example where it looks like Paul is
going to use the accusative with infinitive construction, but then
interrupts with a vocative and a prepositional phrase, and continues
with hINA as a marker of the objective that looks like it originally
was going to be expressed with the accusative with infinitive
construction:
1 Cor 1.10 PARAKALW ... hUMAS, ADELFOI, DIA TOU ONOMATOS TOU KURIOU
hHMWN IHSOU CRISTOU, hINA TO AUTO LEGHTE PANTES KAI MH EN hUMIN
SCISMATA, HTE DE KATHRTISMENOI EN TWi AUTWi NOI KAI EN THi AUTHi GNWMHi.
It looks like Paul is going to say PARAKALW hUMAS EIPEIN, K.T.L. But
after the interruption of ADELFOI and DIA TOU ONOMATOS TOU KURIOU hHMWN
IHSOU CRISTOU, he changes to the hINA construction, which, as BDAG
points out, is equivalent to the accusative with infinitive
construction.
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Steven R. Lo Vullo
Madison, WI
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