[B-Greek] 2 Thessalonians 2:13
Harold R. Holmyard III
hholmyard at ont.com
Mon Oct 11 14:38:21 EDT 2004
Dear Jason and Thomas,
>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?
HH: My assumption would be that "faith" is also an object of EN.
Otherwise the sentence would be confusing. I would also expect
"sanctification" and "faith" to have a parallel function, probably
means as you suggested.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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