[B-Greek] Comparison of EIS with PROS
dhoxworth at charter.net
dhoxworth at charter.net
Wed Jan 14 20:18:01 EST 2004
><Carl>
>Agreed, the most careful authors will be careful to preserve a distinction between words with overlapping senses, but there are times when an alternation may be nothing more than rhetorical variation; I wouldn't want to argue that this (Eph 4:12) is an instance of rhetorical inconcinnity--although it might be. At any rate, I'd say the burden of demonstrating that PROS in Eph 4:12 means something OTHER than what EIS means in the same verse must lie upon him/her who thinks that there IS such a difference. You're asking what IS the difference; I'm saying that I DON'T think there's any difference in this instance.
<doug>
i'm curious here...why do you say that the burden of proof is on those who want to say that there is some distinction between EIS and PROS here? to me it seems pretty clear that the burden of proof is on those who say that there is no distinction since they are, after all, different words.
Doug Hoxworth
Seminary Student
Pasco, Washington
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