[B-Greek] 1 Tim 6:7: Function of (OTI

Harold R. Holmyard III hholmyard at ont.com
Tue Jan 11 12:25:01 EST 2005


Dear Kenneth,

>   In 1 Tim 6:7, I'm wondering how best to understand
>the function of (OTI:
>
>OUDEN GAR EISHNEGKAMEN EIS TON KOSMON (OTI OUDE
>EXENGKEIN TI DUNAMEQA
>
>It seems unnecessary, but I asume that Paul knew what
>he was doing, so it must play some real role
>syntactically.

HH: I would check the commentaries on something like this. Off the 
top of my head I would wonder whether Paul was suggesting that we 
bring nothing into the world for the reason that we can bring nothing 
out.

				Yours,
				Harold Holmyard




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