[B-Greek] 1 John 1:5

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Wed Feb 16 09:42:20 EST 2005


On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 08:38:23 -0600 "Charles Rempel"
<CharlesR at mygalaxyexpress.com> writes:
> Question Part 2: O QEOS ESTIN FWS
> 
> Givens:
> The anarthrous substantive is qualitative.
> FWS ESTIN O QEOS is not equivalent to O QEOS ESTIN FWS
> 
> Does Revelation 21:23 give enough information to allow for the 
> semantic
> range of meaning to include a literal understanding behind the 
> metaphor of O
> QEOS ESTIN FWS?
> 
> KAI H POLIS OU XREIAN EXEI TOU HLIOU OUDE THS SELHNHS INA FAINWSIN 
> AUTH, H
> GAR DOXA TOU
> QEOU EFWTISEN AUTHN, KAI O LUXNOS AUTHS TO ARNIOU.
> 
> 
> Charles D. Rempel
> 30 Year Student
> Without Portfolio
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Charles,

No.  I think it is evident that Re 21.23 is a metaphorical usage.  It is
not meant to be taken literally.

george
gfsomsel
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