[B-Greek] 1 cor 3:9
Rion Reece
rionreece at hotmail.com
Fri Apr 15 22:15:29 EDT 2005
>At 9:59 AM +0900 4/16/05, Rion Reece wrote:
> >QEOU GAR ESMEN SUNERGOI, QEOU GEWRGION, QEOU OIKODOMH ESTE.
Rion wrote:
> >In this verse, the middle phrase 'QEOU GEWRGION' is generally construed
> >with the second verb. Why? Is there a rule that governs this? The
>context
> >would seem to allow it to go with either the ESMEN or the ESTE.
Carl Conrad wrote:
>The logical context doesn't allow it: Paul here distinguishes the
>evangelists as farmers and builders from the congregation that is the sown
>field and the building. Yes, theoretically QEOU GEWRGION could be the
>predicate of ESMEN, but that would confound the metaphorical contrasts that
>Paul is developing here.
Would it? The building is a fruit of men's (God's?) labor, while a farm
field is something that God uses to produce fruit. If Paul is making his
cadre the field, he could be toning down his (arrogant-seeming?) assertion
of being God's fellow worker, while maintaining a difference between his
group and that of his recipients. It could be much the same as in Romans
1:11,12 where Paul plainly states that he wants to impart something to them
an then in a seeming concilliatory gesture says, "or rather so that we may
be mutually encouraged..."
By the way, thank you so much for taking time to reply.
Rion
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