[B-Greek] 1 Thess 3:11

Noel Fitzpatrick njfitzpatrick at eircom.net
Thu Oct 30 14:18:03 EST 2003


Recently AUTOS and Granville Sharp have been discussed. 

However I am interested in the translation of 1 Thess 3:11 AUTOS DE 
hO QEOS KAI PATHR hHMWN.  Essentially there are two ways to 
translate this (1) "God himself and our father" and (2) "our God and 
father himself".

I have checked some translations and 7 give (1) and 12 give (2), while 
the  New Jerusalem Bible  gives "God our father himself".

I would tend to favo(u)r (1), keeping phrases on either side of KAI 
together.

Is there any objective way to decide on a preferred translation? 

Regards,

Noel Fitzpatrick.


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