[B-Greek] Dative agent in 2 Peter 3:14??
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at ioa.com
Fri Dec 2 10:22:53 EST 2005
On Dec 2, 2005, at 10:17 AM, Lorinda Hoover and Jim Mossman wrote:
> Thanks to all of you for your responses. I found them very helpful.
>
> In light of your answers, and further reflection on the verse, I am
> wonering
> if the following translation is an accurate rendering.
>
> 2 Peter 3:14:
> DIO, AGAPHTOI, TAUTA PROSDOKWNTES SPOUDASATE ASPILOI KAI AMWMHTOI
> AUTWi
> hEUREQHNAI EN EIRHNHi.
>
> Therefore, beloved, while you are expecting these things, make
> haste to be
> found at peace, spotless and blameless in him.
No, I don't think we'd have the notion of "IN him" unless it were EN
AUTWi. This is rather a matter of the one before whom those addressed
must appear and be ASPILOI and AMWMHTOI and EN EIRHNHi.
NET has it thus: "Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for
these things, strive to be found4 at peace, without spot or blemish,
when you come into his presence" -- and comments on the AUTWi thus:
“'When you come into' is not in Greek. However, the dative pronoun
AUTWi does not indicate agency (“by him”), but presence or sphere.
The idea is “strive to found {before him/in his presence}.”
I think the NET has it right here.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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