[B-Greek] 1 Timothy 1:5
Jeffrey B. Gibson
jgibson000 at comcast.net
Fri Aug 20 11:50:09 EDT 2004
Mitch Larramore wrote:
> TO DE TELOS THS PARAGGELIAS ESTIN AGAPH EK KAQARAS
> KARDIAS KAI SUNEIDHSEWS AGAQHS KAI PISTEWS ANUPOKRITOU
>
> NET Bible:
> 1:5 But the aim of our instruction is love that comes
> from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere
> faith.
>
> I'm trying to understand the "comes from" in the NET's
> translation. It would appear that AGAPH has as its
> source (comes from), among other things, PISTEWS. What
> are the grammatical alternatives that would help me
> understand how AGAPH "comes from" PISTEWS? The idea of
> love issuing forth from faith is a bit foreign to me
> at my level of understanding.
>
The "comes from" here comes from EK ('out of"). And I think your
difficulty with seeing love as something that issues from "faith" (more
likely "faithfulness") arises from not seeing that what seems to be
intended here is the idea that the AGAPH that is spoken of here is a
type of behaviour, not a feeling, and that what shapes this behaviour
and allows it to be defined as the sort of love that is called for, is
that it is consistent with the pattern of faithfulness that the readers
of Timothy are called to exemplify in their lives.
Yours,
Jeffrey Gibson
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Jeffrey B. Gibson
Chicago, Illinois
e-mail jgibson000 at comcast.net
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