[B-Greek] Rom 8:14

Daniel and Rachel King dan_rach at ntlworld.com
Mon May 5 05:52:42 EDT 2003


hOSOI GAR PNEUMATI QEOU AGONTAI hOUTOI hUIOI QEOU EISIN.

A question about the significance of word order. Do you think the hUIOI is
being fronted for emphasis here? The two halves of the sentence seem to
balance nicely and hence PNEUMATI and hUIOI might be taken as a balancing
pair, closely linked as the key words in the sentence.

There are textual alternatives here: B, followed by Tischendorf and NA25
have hUIOI EISIN QEOU, and Maj. has EISIN hUIOI QEOU. This makes the
question interesting, because one could ask whether these alternatives have
a different nuance given he different word order. For instance, is the KJV
translation : "for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the
sons of God" influenced by the Maj word order in using the words 'they are'
at the beginning of the second part?

Would you ascribe any significance to fronting here at all?

Thanks & regards

Dan King




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