[B-Greek] PROS FQONON James4:5
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Mon Sep 15 08:32:22 EDT 2003
PROS FQONON EPIPOQEI TO PNEUMA hO KATWiKISEN EN hHMIN
How is it best to understand the phrase PROS FQONON?
Several translation seems to offer different readings, either taking the
phrase literally as a preposition or taking the phrase periphrastically as an
adverb.
"Longs toward envy." KJV "lusteth to envy"
"Enviously longs."
The RSV even breaks with most translations by treating TO PHEUMA as the
object of EPIPOQEI rather than as its subject.
If PROS FQONON is best considered as an adverb, what might be the object of
EPIPOQEI?
And, given the resolution of PROS FQONON, how might the whole of verse 5 be
understood in relation to verse 6 which completes the sentence.
The NEB renders the two verses as "(5) Or do you suppose that Scripture has
no meaning when it says that the spirit which God implanted in man turns
towards envious desires? (6) And yet the grace he gives is stronger."
This rendering seems to require that the referenced indwelling spirit is not
the Holy Spirit, but rather something spiritual and good but less the Holy
Spirit?
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Peace,
Richard Smith
Chattanooga, TN
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