[B-Greek] 2 Thessalonians 2:13

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Oct 11 13:58:32 EDT 2004


At 9:35 AM -0400 10/11/04, Jason Weaver wrote:
>Message from Thomas Freeman - New Tribes Bible Institute
>
>
>      This is my first submission to this list.  I enjoy reading it often.
>My question concerns the text of 2 Thessalonians 2:13.  The last part of the
>verse consists of the preposition 'en', an object modified by a genitive, a
>'kai', and another object modified by a genitive.
>      My first question is whether or not it's possible that the second
>dative (faith of the truth) must be seen as connected to 'en' or not?
>      My second question is, if 'en' does distribute to the second dative,
>does the relationship between the preposition and the two objects need to be
>the same?  In other words if it is clear that 'by sanctification of the
>Spirit' is, let's say, the means of God's choice, must it follow that 'faith
>of the truth' also be means?  Is it possible that one phrase gives a means
>and the other a cause?

It helps to have the text in front of us:  ... hOTI hEILATO hUMAS hO QEOS
APARCHN EIS SWTHRIAN EN hAGIASMWi PNEUMATOS KAI PISTEI ALHQEIAS.

(1) Yes, I think that the EN must govern both dative + genitive
phrases--both hAGIASMWi PNEUMATOS and PISTEI ALHQEIAS.

(2) It is certainly most probable that the same function of EN + dative is
involved in both phrases and that the function is instrumental ("by means
of ...") in both instances.
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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