[B-Greek] I John 3:18 and ALLA as "as well as"
Eric Weiss
papaweiss1 at yahoo.com
Sun Feb 20 09:02:54 EST 2005
BDAG translates I John 3:18 as follows (under AGAPAW 3):
TEKNIA, MH AGAPWMEN LOGWi MHDE THi GLWSSHi
ALLA EN ERGW KAI ALHTEIAi.
"let us show our love with deeds AS WELL AS w. word or
tongue." (my caps)
In my Precise Parallel New Testament, only the Amplified Bible
with its addition of "merely" similarly renders it, i.e.: "Little
children, let us not love [merely] in theory or in speech but in
deed and in truth (in practice and in sincerity)." All other
translations are like the NRSV, i.e.: "Little children, let us love,
not in word or speech, BUT in truth and action." In other words,
the ALLA is contrastive, not "as well as."
I don't see this meaning of "as well as" in the examples in BDAG
under ALLA (unless I'm overlooking it).
If BDAG is correct in its translation of ALLA in I John 3:18, what is
the rule for so doing - or is it just Danker's contextual interpretation
of the verse?
Eric S. Weiss
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