[B-Greek] sons of God - teknia, huios

Greg Stovell stovell at viconet.net
Tue Apr 29 14:11:10 EDT 2003


On Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at 01:22 PM, Iver Larsen wrote:

> TEKNA appears to used in a context where the focus is on the 
> relationship
> between the parents and the children and that focus is often connected 
> with
> (mutual) love and being part of one family.
>
> hUIOI is used more in contexts where the focus is on likeness between 
> father
> and son. A son is to follow in his father's footstep and be like him in
> character and behaviour.


But isn't one of the main thrusts of the passage in 1 John 3, the 
children's likeness to that of the Father?
3:1) ...the world does not know us... did not know him
3:2) ... we shall be like him
3:3) ...purified himself, as he is pure
3:7) ...is righteous, as he is righteous
	
	therefore, while the use of TEKNA in the context of mutual love is 
perfectly acceptable according to 3:1a, the likeness implied by hUIOI 
permeates the entire pericope.  Could it be that, at least in this 
passage (maybe throughout Johannine lit.) TEKNA and hUIOI are 
interchangeable? ... not sure yet.



Rev. Greg R. Stovell
First Presbyterian Church at Caldwell, NJ
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