2 Cor 6:1
Paul Toseland
toseland at blueyonder.co.uk
Sun Jan 5 17:58:44 EST 2003
2 Cor 6:1 SUNERGOUNTES DE KAI PARAKALOUMEN MH EIS KENON THN XARIN
TOU QEOU DECASQAI hUMAS.
The verb PARAKALEW occurs 12 times in 2 Cor 1-7. In 2:8 and 5:20
it has the sense appeal to (someone); but in at least 9 of the
remaining 10 instances it has the sense console. The cognate
noun PARAKLHSIS occurs 9 times, always with the sense
consolation. It is generally agreed that the background of
this language in 2 Cor is in LXX Psalms and Second Isaiah.
2 Cor 6:2 is a quotation from LXX Isa 49:8. Now it has been
suggested that PARAKALEW might have this same sense in
2 Cor 6:1. Could the sense be somethihg like, As fellow
workers we also console, (declaring that) you have not
received Gods grace in vain?
Admittedly, also seems to refer back to 5:20, where
PARAKALOUNTOS is followed by an exhortation in direct speech,
so it seems more natural to take PARAKALOUMEN in the present
passage to have the same sense: 'we exhort you not to receive
'.
But if both senses are linguistically feasible, then the reader
has to consider both options; and that would be exegetically
significant. So I would welcome any comments.
Many thanks.
Paul Toseland
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