[B-Greek] KAQO in 1 Pet. 4:13

Mike Sangrey msangrey at BlueFeltHat.org
Mon Nov 17 15:16:27 EST 2003


On Sun, 2003-11-16 at 20:05, bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca wrote:
> 1 Pet. 4:13 reads; ALLA KAQO KOINWNEITE TOIS TOU CPISTOU PAQHMASIN CAIRETE, hINA
>  KAI EV THi APOKALUYEI THS DOXHS AUTOU CARHTE AGALLIWMENOI.
> According to Little Gingrich and Danker KAQO means; 'insofar as, to the degree
>  that'.
> Does the use of KAQO in this verse mean that there is a relation between the
>  amount of suffering that is shared for the sake of Christ ,and the amount
>  of joy that is experienced when Christ's glory is revealed (Something like;
>  "you will have joy to the degree that you suffered"), or am I reading to
>  much into this word.

CAIRETE is an imperative, not an indicative.  If it were indicative then
you might be able to mount an argument in support of a positive answer
to your question.  Since it's an imperative it's more like:  "I want you
to rejoice to the same degree that you share in the Christ's
sufferings."  Picture a balance scale with suffering on one side and joy
on the other--Peter wants these to balance out.

As far as the amount of rejoicing yet in the future, AGALLIAW suggests
that there will be even more rejoicing waiting for you to experience
then.

Lastly, I don't think this suffering is "for the sake of Christ" as much
as it is participating in a kind of suffering which is some how the same
kind of suffering Christ went through.  I don't want to go any more into
the theology of it, but just let me say the syntax of TOIS TOU CPISTOU
PAQHMASIN suggests that Peter is referring to "the Christ kind of
suffering."  I think it's very much like what Paul explains in Phil.
3:7-11.

-- 
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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