[B-Greek] EPAGGELIA/EPAGGELMA 2 Peter 3:9, 13
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Thu Dec 1 16:44:12 EST 2005
On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 14:45:19 -0600 Lorinda Hoover and Jim Mossman
<hoovmoss at iowatelecom.net> writes:
> 2 Peter 3:9a
>
> OU BRADUNEI KURIOS TNS EPAGGELIAS...
>
> 2 Peter 3:13a
>
> KAINOUS DE OURANOUS KAI GHN KAINHN KATA TO EPAGGELMA AUTOU
> PROSDOKWMEN,...
>
>
> I am wondering if there is any significant difference in the words
> EPAGGELIA
> and EPAGGELMA is these verses. The author of 2 Peter repeats a lot
> of
> vocabulary in this section (I'm translating the RCL pericope for
> Sunday, 2
> Peter 3:8-15a), and I'm curious why two different but clearly
> related words
> are used rather than repeating EPAGGELIA.
>
> Thanks and Blessings,
>
> Lorinda Hoover
> Pastor and Stay-at-Home Mom
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9. OU BRADUNEI KURIOS THS EPAGGELIAS, hWS TINES BRADUTHTA hGOUNTA, ALLA
MAKROQUMEI EIS hUMAS, MH BOULOMENOS TINAS APOLESQAI ALLA PANTAS EIS
METAMOIAN XWRHSAI.
10. KAINOUS DE OURANOUS KAI GHN KAINHN KATA TO EPAGGELMA AUTOU
PROSDOKWMEN, EN hOIS DIKAIOSUNH KATOIKEI.
These two words, EPAGGELIA and EPAGGELMA, are generally treated as being
virtually identical. If there is a difference, I would tend to see it in
EPAGGELIA signifying the act of promising whereas EPAGGELMA signifies the
content of the promise or that which is promised. In any case, I
wouldn't put too much emphasis on the distinction. It is not uncommon to
alter the wording slightly in order to provide a bit of variation in a
statement rather than simply repeating oneself.
george
gfsomsel
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