[B-Greek] Romans 12:1

Steven Lo Vullo slovullo at mac.com
Sun Jul 4 13:50:26 EDT 2004


> Forwarded for: Martin Hachikyan <hatchi at mail.ru>
> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 23:40:32 +0400
>
> Romans 12:1 PARAKALW hUMAS, ADELFOI, DIA TWN OIKTIRMWN TOU QEOU, 
> PARASTHSAI
> TA SWMATA hUMWN QUSIAN ZWSAN, hAGIAN, EUARESTON TWi QEWi
>
> Can DIA TWN OIKTIRMWN TOU QEOU be related not to PARAKALW, but to
> PARASTHSAI as instrumental, e.g. "through the help of God's mercies 
> you to
> present your bodies as living sacrifices."?

Martin, I think it would be somewhat forced to take DIA TWN OIKTIRMWN 
TOU QEOU with PARASTHSAI. It is not uncommon for PARAKALEW in 
exhortation to be followed by a prepositional phrase with which it 
construes. With DIA and the genitive see Rom 15.30; 1 Cor 1.10; 2 Cor 
10.1; with EN and the dative see 1 Thess 4.1; 2 Thess 3.12. 
Particularly relevant are those texts in which the readers/hearers are 
exhorted DIA some characteristic or activity of God or Christ (Rom 
15.30; 2 Cor 10.1). And Rom 15.30 and 1 Cor 1.10 follow the same 
pattern as Rom 12.1: PARAKALEW followed by hUMAS followed by the 
vocative ADELFOI followed by the prepositional phrase consisting of DIA 
with genitive.
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Steven Lo Vullo
Madison, WI




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