[B-Greek] James 1:3

Mike Sangrey msangrey at BlueFeltHat.org
Mon Dec 29 19:50:40 EST 2003


On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 18:18, John Colby wrote:
> 
> James 1:3 reads:
> 
> GINWSKONTES hOTI TO DOKIMION hUMWN THS PISTEWS KATEPGAZETAI hUPOMONHN
> 
> This might be obvious, but what does hUMWN modify? I think it is quite 
> obvious that it modifies THS PISTEWS. Could it modify TO DOKIMION? Is 
> there a rule relating to this? 

Hmmmmmmm...

What we would have in a rather literal rendering into English, then,
would be something like:
	...knowing that your faith-kind-of genuineness produces endurance.

then a viable translation would be something like:
	...knowing that your faithful genuineness produces endurance.

Which sounds a whole like:
	...knowing that your genuine faith produces endurance.

Now, doesn't that sound a whole lot like James 2:17?  Isn't that kinda
the point of the letter?

I would be very interested in how those more experienced than me answer
your question.

-- 
Mike Sangrey
msangrey at BlueFeltHat.org
Landisburg, Pa.
                        "The first one last wins."
            "A net of highly cohesive details reveals the truth."




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