[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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