[B-Greek] 1 John 3:2

Dony K. Donev dony at cupandcross.com
Tue Sep 7 17:58:19 EDT 2004


I read the 1999 discussion on the EAN clause in 1 John 3:2. The general conclusion was that EAN means "when" and not "if," as any doubt the author may have had referred not to the possibility of His return, but to the lack of knowledge about its time. Point taken, except that Darby's translation offers a completely different perspective of the text as follows: "Beloved, now are we children of God, and what we shall be has not yet been manifested; we know that if it is manifested we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is." (DBY, 1 John 3:2). Is such rendering appropriate in this case?



Dony K. Donev



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