[B-Greek] 1John1:7a MET' ALLHLWN
Mitch Larramore
mitchlarramore at yahoo.com
Tue Nov 16 10:02:37 EST 2004
Dr. Conrad:
Can you be more precise with this. Are you saying that
MET' ALLHLWN, which must be translated "with each
other," refers to
1. fellow-believers with each other ONLY
2. fellow-believers with God ONLY
3. fellow-believers with each other AND fellow
believers with God
Thank you
Mitch
--- "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
wrote:
> At 1:54 PM -0800 11/15/04, Mitch Larramore wrote:
> >1.7a
> >EAN DE EN TWi FWTI PERIPATWMEN hWS AUTOS ESTIN EN
> TWi
> >FWTI, KOINWNIAN ECOMEN MET' ALLHLWN KAI...
> >
> >
> >In verse 7, does MET' ALLHLWN refer to fellowship
> with
> >God as mentioned in verse 6 (EAN EIPWMEN hOTI
> >KOINWNIAN ECOMEN MET' AUTOU), or does it refer all
> the
> >way back to verse 3 (hINA KAI hUMEIS KOINWNIAN
> ECHTE
> >MEQí hHMWN)?
> >
> >If it can refer to God, would the plural ALLHLWN
> refer
> >to those being addressed, ALL having fellowship
> with
> >God?
>
> MET' ALLHLWN can only mean "with each other"--but in
> this letter there is
> clearly an emphasis upon what I'd call "covenant
> indwelling" as something
> shared with fellow-believers and with God. The
> author alternates between
> emphasizing the relationship with fellow-believers,
> emphasizing the
> relationship with God, or emphasizing both
> simultaneously.
> --
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University
> (Emeritus)
> 1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828)
> 675-4243
> cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
> WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/
>
=====
Mitch Larramore
Spring Branch, Texas
Student/Memorial High School
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