[B-Greek] (no subject)
Barry Hofstetter
nebarry at verizon.net
Sun Dec 26 19:33:33 EST 2004
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From: "John Fincher" <jcfincher at charter.net>
To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 5:23 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] (no subject)
> This has probably been a much discussed passage for B-Greek, but since I am
> new here I would like to get your opinion of the word TELEION in 1 Cor. 13:10.
> My Analytical Greek New Testament with grammatical analysis says that it is a
> pronomial adjective that is nominative/neuter/singular, but doesn't the
> presence of the definite article mean that it is a noun? If it were an
> adjective, shouldn't it read "when the perfection is come..."? Also, what is
> the meaning of the word? Every translation I have looked at renders it
> "perfection".
John, George has given you correct information with regard to the substantive
use of the adjective. However, why do you think all the translations are
getting it wrong? Sounds a bit like the "true meaning of the word" fallacy...
Barry
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and almost certainly wrong answer.
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