[B-Greek] 1 Timothy 3:15 - Who is the "Pillar and Ground"

davidsugg at comcast.net davidsugg at comcast.net
Wed Jan 7 11:29:43 EST 2004


I asked the question not to doubt Carl's response, but to see if the interpretation was even grammatically feasible. To me, definitely a little greek, it did not seem possible, but I wondered if there was something I needed to learn.

I agree that whenever one thinks that they have found something that has never been seen before, one needs to look more carefully. I had never seen a different interpretation of this verse until last night, that was why I looked it up.

It would be the height of hubris for me to question Carl on matters of Greek grammar, and I did not mean for my post to appear to do that. 

Dave Sugg
> If Carl addressed this, which he did, I guess I still wonder what is the
> question?  If one is going to adopt some new reading which has no
> grammatical support in the text, or among any orthodox translators, it
> makes me wonder what their agenda is.
> 
> It has been my experience, both grammatically and theologically that one
> needs to have some substantive reasons for deviating from orthodox,
> accepted translations and interpretations.  That is not to say that
> tradition is perfect, but there have been many able students of the
> Bible over the course of the Church Age, whose work should not be
> discounted or rejected in favor of some novel translation/
> interpretation du jour.
> 
> Personally, I have not seen anything on this list that Carl posts that
> has not been accurate.
> 
> Ron Snider
> 
> 



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