[B-Greek] IRom 1:0

Richard Ghilardi qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
Mon Dec 22 18:58:42 EST 2003


Hi b-greekers,

hHNWMENOIS PASHi ENTOLHi

Should this be Englished as:

1) "united TO every one of his commandments"

or

2) "united IN/BY every one of his commandments"?

Holmes (following Lightfoot) and Sparks opt for "TO".
But Lake and Kleist prefer "IN/BY".

There is a textual variant earlier in the prologue which may affect how
one understands the dative of PASHi ENTOLHi.

1) IGNATIOS, hO KAI QEOFOROS, THi ELEHMENHi EN MEGALEIOTHTI PATROS 2)
hYISTOU KAI iHSOU cRISTOU TOU MONOU hUIOU AUTOU EKKLHSIAi
3) HGAPHMENHi KAI PEFWTISMENHi EN QELHMATI TOU QELHSANTOS
4) TA PANTA, hA ESTIN, KATA AGAPHN IHSOU CRISTOU, TOU QEOU hHMWN, 5) hTIS
KAI PROKAQHTAI EN TOPWi CWRIOU hRWMAIWN, AXIOQEOS,
6) AXIOPREPHS, AXIOMAKRISTOS, AXIEPAINOS, AXIEPITEUKTOS, AXIAGNOS 7) KAI
PROKAQHMENH THS AGAPHS, CRIST******, PATWNUMOS hHN KAI 
8) ASPAZOMAI EN ONOMATI IHSOU CHRISTO, hUIOU PATROS, KATA SARKA
9) KAI PNEUMA hHNWMENOIS PASHi ENTOLHi AUTOU, PEPLHRWMENOIS
10) CARITOS QEOU ADIAKRITWS KAI APODIULISMENOIS APO PANTOS
11) ALLOTRIOU CRWMATOS PLEISTA EN IHSOU CRISTWi, TWi QEWi hHMWN, 12)
AMWMWS CAIREIN.

In line 7 Holmes (again following Lightfoot) and Kleist read
CRIST**ONOMOS**, "observing the law of Christ", while Lake and Sparks
have CRIST**WNUMOS**, "bearing the name of Christ".

I'm not sure these variants have any bearing on whether the dative PASHi
ENTOLHi is taken as comitative or instrumental. What do you all think?

Yours in His grace,

Richard Ghilardi -- qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
New Haven, CT USA



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