[B-Greek] Col. 1:5

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Wed Jan 26 18:09:32 EST 2005


On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:34:19 -0500 "Minton, Ron" <rminton at bible.edu>
writes:
> Should the DIA clause in Col. 1:5 be taken with love (nearest 
> possible
> referent), faith and love (near referent), or Paul's thanks in 1:3?  
> I tend
> to favor the last because the leading verb to give thanks seems to 
> work if I
> remove all the words between.
> But what say ye?
> 
> Ron Minton
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3 EUXARISTOUMEN TWi QEWi PATRI TOU KURIOU hHMWN IHSOU XRISTOU PANTOTE
PERI hUMWN PROSEUXOMENOI  4  AKOUSANTES THN PISTIN hUMWN EN XRISTWi IHSOU
KAI THN AGAPHN hHN EXETE EIS PANTAS TOUS hAGIOUS  5  DIA THN ELPIDA THN
APOKEIMENHN hUMIN EN TOIS OURANOIS, hHN PROHKOUSATE EN TWi LOGWi THS
ALHQEIAS TOU EUAGGELIOU . . .

DIA does seem rather far removed from EUXARISTOUMEN to be taken with it. 
A check of EUXARISTEW and DIA reveals, however, that in addition to these
verses there are four other passages (This passage was not a hit -- 
probably because of the great separation).  What is interesting is that
all of these are Pauline so it does seem that the two could well be taken
together.  

george
gfsomsel
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