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

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Jan 11 14:04:59 EST 2005


Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:53:57 -0500
From: Jim West <jwest at highland.net>
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] 1 Tim 6:7:  Function of (OTI
To: Harold R Holmyard III <hholmyard at ont.com>
Cc: b-greek-owner at lists.ibiblio.org

At 12:25 PM 1/11/2005, you wrote:

>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.

Along this line, Mounce translates "For we brought nothing into the world,
and neither are we able to take anything out".  "What makes the verse
difficult is the use of hoti, translated above as "and".  Mounce says
Harold's suggestion above is possible but difficult.  Note, that some
textual variants insert "dhlon" at just this point, rendering "it is clear
that".
Or, it could simply be a hoti recitative.  This is, in fact, the way I see
it.  Paul is quoting some popular proverb in the second line of the verse
which Timothy would have known.

See Mounce, WBC vol 46 ad loc.

Jim


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