[B-Greek] John 15, true vine

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Wed Jan 5 11:37:39 EST 2005


On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 16:22:18 +0000 kgraham0938 at comcast.net writes:
> Dear George,
> 
> You wrote:
>  
> PAN KLHMA EN EMOI MH FERON KARPON hAIREI AUTO
>  
> If we were to follow your thought, would we not expect rather 
>  
> REVISED TEXT:
>  
> PAN KLHMA MH FERON KARPON EN EMOI hAIREI AUTO ?
>  
> While word order is considerably more flexible in Greek than in 
> English due to its inflected nature, the order does have 
> significance.
> 
> Response:  Thanks for the response, my question however, is do you 
> think that this is possible?  Do prep phrases have to follow 
> immediately after the words they modify in Greek?
> 
> If this translation is acceptable, this would clear up a lot of 
> baggage that surrounds this passage concerning eternal security.  
> --
> Kelton Graham
> KGRAHAM0938 at comcast.net
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Kelton,

Words are ordered in a certain fashion for a reason.  Usually they are
closest to the other words with which they are construed.

As regards your comment regarding Perseverance of the Saints, that is a
subject even we Calvinists don't discuss on this list.  Theological
discussion is stark verboten.

george
gfsomsel
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