[B-Greek] 1 Cor. 7:1,2
Mitch Larramore
mitchlarramore at yahoo.com
Fri Oct 29 16:25:35 EDT 2004
Rev. Weaks:
You write:
> It's a good example of the issue regarding
> quotations in the GNT.
> Thanks to the additions of Rhetorical scholarship,
> any good and recent
> commentary on Corinthians points out that Paul is
> taking this quote
> from a previous letter/contact he has received from
> them. It need not
> be a "slogan" as the NET note says, but rather could
> be quoted their
> correspondence. Notice also the failure of the NIV
> to put the quote of
> v. 1 in quotes and properly identify what's going
> on.
> The quote comes from some in the church who are
> advocating that even
> married people should abstain from sexual relations.
> This ideal has
> something to do with a realized eschatology ("We're
> just spiritual
> beings now, not carnal ones.") that Paul warns
> against over and over
> again in 1 Corinthians. Paul is refuting this
> practice, and making
> consolations ("Go ahead and have sex, so you don't
> fall prey to other
> practices."), as he does over and over again in 1
> Corinthians.
I think HH rejected this in his earlier posting, but
be that as it may, my question to you follows: Why
does Paul use PORN- here and not MOIK- if he has
married people in mind? In English, we would advise a
married person not to commit adultery, whereas a
single person would be advised not to commit
fornication. Or am I wrong with PORN- and MOIC-?
=====
Mitch Larramore
Spring Branch, Texas
Student/Memorial High School
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