[B-Greek] 2 Cor 4:15 - word order
Paul Toseland
toseland at blueyonder.co.uk
Sun Dec 28 16:09:10 EST 2003
Iver kindly listed the following versions of the hINA clause of 2 Cor 4:15
>NET: so that the grace that is including more and more people may cause
>thanksgiving to increase to the glory of God.
>RSV: so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase
>thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
>REB: as the abounding grace of God is shared by more and more, the greater
>may be the chorus of thanksgiving that rises to the glory of God.
>TEV: and as God's grace reaches more and more people, they will offer to the
>glory of God more prayers of thanksgiving.
>NIV: so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause
>thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
>
>
All these versions seem to assume that the aorist participle PLEONASASA
describes an
ongoing process, the extension of grace to more and more people. This
process is
portrayed as co-ordinated with another process, thanksgiving abounding
to God's glroy,
which is described by the present subjunctive PERISSEUSHi. This seems
very odd to me.
Surely the perfective aspect of the aorist requires something like 'so
that grace, having
become abundant ...'? Or am I missing something?
Paul Toseland
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