[B-Greek] Ephesians 3:16-17
Jeremiah McGowan
jeremiahmcgowan at yahoo.com
Sat Jan 15 00:29:51 EST 2005
B-Greekers,
I was hoping someone here might be able to help me out with this
passage (Eph. 3:16-17):
INA DWi UMIN KATA TO PLOUTOS THS DOXHS AUTOU DUNAMEI KRATAIWQHNAI DIA
TOU PNEUMATOS AUTOU EIS TON ESW ANQRWPON, (17) KATOIKHSAI TON CRISTON
DIA THS PISTEWS EN TAIS KARDIAS UMWN, EN AGAPH ERRIZWMENOI KAI
TEQEMELIWMENOI
So far I've translated it as:
(16) So that he might give to you out of his glorious riches to be
strengthened in power through his spirit. In the inner man (17) dwells
Christ through the faith (which is) in your hearts, which is established
and strengthened in love.
I'm assuming that the EIS in 16 in working with the infinitive in 17 to
indicate purpose. However, most major translations take EIS TON ESW
ANQRWPON to go with the previous phrase, giving something such as
"...strengthened in power through his spirit in your inner being..."
(NIV). Am I missing something or is my translation valid? If it's valid,
is it likely to be correct, or is there a reason why the NIV and NASB
(the translations I've checked so far) chose to go a different route
that I haven't seen yet?
Jeremiah McGowan
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