[B-Greek] Comparison of EIS with PROS

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Jan 14 17:57:40 EST 2004


At 5:31 PM -0500 1/14/04, <dhoxworth at charter.net> wrote:
>actually that's my dilemma. when used with motion, it seems that the
>distinction is simple. my issue is to distinguish between them when motion
>is not the issue (but concepts/activities is). the particular passage is
>Eph 4:12.

It might have been easier if you'd indicated that in the first place:

	PROS TON KATARTISMON TWN hAGIWN EIS ERGON DIAKONIAS, EIS OIKODOMHN
TOU SWMATOS TOU CRISTOU.

I don't think there's an ounce of difference between PROS and EIS in these
three instances: I'd translate them all into "for" in English and
understand them as indicating purpose.

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Carl W. Conrad
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