[B-Greek] 1 Timothy 1:5

Eric Weiss papaweiss1 at yahoo.com
Fri Aug 20 11:54:35 EDT 2004


This can get into exegesis and interpretation, but
I'll throw in my 2 cents in a way that hopefully
doesn't overstep the B-Greek bounds:

Some translations may suggest/allow that the "comes
from" is to be restricted to "a pure heart," i.e.:

1:5 But the aim of our instruction is:
a) love (that comes from a pure heart), [and] 
b) a good conscience, and 
c) a sincere faith.

I.e., "What we purpose to produce through our
instruction are believers who a) exhibit/have pure
love, b) have a good conscience, and c) are true to
the faith."

However, I think the genitives suggest all three are
to be considered objects of the preposition EK, i.e.:

1:5 But the aim of our instruction is love that:
a) comes from a pure heart, [and] 
b) [comes from] a good conscience, and 
c) [comes from] a sincere faith.

I.e., "What we purpose to produce through our
instruction are believers who love, and their love is
the kind we desire them to have, because (as they have
learned to do) their love comes from them having a) a
pure heart, b) a good conscience, and c) a faith that
is real - i.e., they live what they profess and
believe."

- - -

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.

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Mitch Larramore
Spring Branch, Texas
Student/Memorial High School




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Eric S. Weiss




		
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