[B-Greek] Col. 1:5-6 (correction)
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Oct 18 07:49:20 EDT 2004
>Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 06:31:42 -0400
>To: Jeremiah McGowan <jeremiahmcgowan at yahoo.com>
>From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
>Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Col. 1:5-6
>Cc: B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
>At 11:23 PM -0400 10/17/04, Jeremiah McGowan wrote:
>>Col. 1:5-6
>>(5) DIA THN ELPIDA THN APOKEIMENHN hUMIN EN TOIS OUPANOIS, hHN
>>PROHKOUSATE EN TWi LOGWi THS ALHQEIAS TOU EUAGGELIOU (6) TOU PARONTOS
>>EIS hUMAS, KAQWS KAI EN PANTI TWi KOSMWi ESTIN KARPOFOROUMENON KAI
>>AUXANOMENON KAQWS KAI EN hUMIN, AF' hHS hHMERAS HKOUSATE KAI EPEGNWTE
>>THN CARIN TOU QEOU EN ALHQEIA
>>(please feel free to correct any of my transliteration!)
>>
>>I have a couple of questions about this passage. First, the ESTIN in
>>verse 6 is usually translated as referring to the ALHQEIAS TOU
>>EUAGGELIOU or it is left uninterpreted in the translations I've checked.
>>However, to me it seems possible (and I think likely) that it refers to
>>the ELPIDA mentioned previously. I am considering this based on the fact
>>that the "truth of the gospel" is included as the place where the
>>Colossians heard about the "hope that is stored up for them." This makes
>>it seem as though the hope is the central point of the sentence, not the
>>truth of the gospel. However, this isn't really based on grammar and I
>>wasn't sure if the grammar supports this thought or denies it. I've been
>>wondering this because if the hope is the central point of the
>>paragraph, then the passage is stressing hope, which is a product of
>>faith. However, if the truth of the gospel is the central point which is
>>causing all of the things mentioned in this passage, then it is
>>stressing understanding and knowledge of the Word. At least it seems
>>that way to me.
>
>In verse 6 I think that ESTIN should be understood as the auxiliary verb to
>a periphrastic present tense: ESTIN KARPOFOROUMENON = KARPOFOREI -- note
>that it must also apply to AUXANOMENON so that ESTIN AUXANOMENON =
>AUXANOMEITAI.
That should,of course, be AUXANETAI. And I should have known better than that.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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