[B-Greek] EIS in Eph. 3:19
A. Philip Brown II
pbrown at GBS.EDU
Sat May 8 15:36:07 EDT 2004
Eph 3:19 GNWNAI TE THN hUPERBALLOUSAN THS GNWSEWS AGAPHN TOU CRISTOU hINA
PLHRWQHTE EIS PAN TO PLHRWMA TOU QEOU.
I am surprised to find the ESV and NRSV, suppored by BDAG, s.v. PLHRWMA,
translating the final clause of Eph. 3:19 as "with all the fullness of God."
I can find no LXX or NT instance in which PLHROW + EIS has the sense "to
fill with."
On what grounds could one translate EIS as 'with' (indicating the content
with which one is filled) rather than 'unto' (indicating the measuring point
to which one is to be filled; cf. Eph. 4:13)?
Philip Brown
Cincinnati, OH
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