[B-Greek] Titus 1:6, not in accusation of what?

Jeff Smelser jeffsmelser at ntgreek.net
Wed Aug 24 12:53:16 EDT 2005


It seems to me some translations miss it in Titus 1:6, but I'd like to 
run this by list members in the event I'm the one who is missing 
something. The phrase in question is MH EN KATHGORIAi ASWTIAS H 
ANUPOTAKTA (μὴ ἐν κατηγορίᾳ ἀσωτίας ἢ ἀνυπότακτα, "not in accusation of 
dissipation or rebellious").

Some translations (those that I think miss it) take both ASWTIAS and 
ANUPOTAKTA as being governed by EN KATHGORIAi. But ASWTIAS is a gen. 
noun specifying the kind of accusation in view, while ANUPOTAKTA is an 
adjective, neuter acc., agreeing with TEKNA. So then I understand the 
text to indicate that the children shouldn't be accused of dissipation 
and they shouldn't be rebellious. That's the meaning rather than "not 
accused of dissipation or rebellion" (NAS), which construes ANUPOTAKTA 
as a noun and suggests that the point is the children shouldn't be open 
to accusation of either dissipation or rebellion.

Any thoughts?

Jeff Smelser
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