[B-Greek] Jas 4:4

Matthew T. Williams kopio at comcast.net
Mon Mar 8 01:02:56 EST 2004


I've been reading through James and as I came to this verse a thought
occurred (whether good or bad you judge):

MOICALIDES, OUK OIDATE hOTI H FILIA TOU KOSMOU ECQRA TOU QEOU ESTIN;

My thought is this....In light of James' use of the word MOICALIDES could he
be connoting something more than mere "friendship" in his use of FILIA?
Most all translations I know of choose the word "friendship" to translate
FILIA (although the Message has "flirting"), I almost have the hunch that
given the proximity to the word MOICALIDES James might be suggesting
something along those lines, i.e. a more intimate relationship than mere
"friendship". (cf. Prov and Sir in the LXX).

Any comments would be welcome.

--Matt

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