[B-Greek] Ephesians 5:33
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Jan 19 10:06:08 EST 2005
At 10:40 PM +0900 1/19/05, Rion Reece wrote:
>In Ephesians 5:33 we read:
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>PLHN KAI UMEIS OI KAQ ENA THN EAUTOU GUNAIKA OUTWS AGAPATW WS EAUTON
>(Please forgive any errors)
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>My first inclination was to read this as, "indeed, even you, who are of the
>One, each of you must love his wife as himself"
>
>I am reading KAQ ENA much as we read KATA PNUEMA. My reason for doing so
>has to do with larger context. The author has been emphasizing a diversity
>within unity in the Godhead, in the faith, in the church and now in the
>family (This argument would begin with chapter 4 of
>Ephesians).
>
>Nonetheless, I cannot find anyone else who is translating this verse in this
>way, so I assume I am missing some point of grammar. Please set me right.
I think raher you ought to read KAQ hENA as equivalent to hEKASTOS
predicative, "individually." Cf. BDAG s.v. hEIS (5.special
combinations; e. distrib.).
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Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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