[B-Greek] 1 Timothy 5:20

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Sun Jun 26 04:30:19 EDT 2005


On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 09:00:16 +0200 "A. J. Birch" <AJBIRCH at terra.es>
writes:
> Dear 'B-Greekers',
> 
> 'Adam' asked about the word "sin" ("hAMARTANONTAS") in 1st Timothy 
> 5:20. Three quick thoughts:
> 
> (1) The tense of the participle (i. e. present) would seem to favour 
> the interpretation that only those elders who are still sinning, or 
> who continue to sin, etc., should be rebuked in public. If it had 
> been the aorist participle, for example, it would have changed the 
> meaning somewhat. (The Spanish Reina-Valera 1960 translation has: 
> "...those who persist in sinning...")
> 
> (2) Maybe the word-order is significant, too; with TOUS 
> hAMARTANONTAS coming first, it could be understood that Paul is 
> making it clear WHICH elders should be rebuked in public.
> 
> (3) Am I right in thinking that there is a minor textual doubt 
> here?
> 
> Andrew J. Birch
> Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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There doesn't seem to be much of any controversy regarding the text. 
Tischendorf simply notes (Since the superscript will undoubtedly be
"nomalized" by the list software, I have enclosed it in parentheses).

TOUS sine copula cum (Sinaiticus)D(c) KLP al omn vg cop syr(utr) arm aeth
Chr Euthal(cod) Thdrt Dam Cyp(325) Lcif(234) al. (Minime in hac re probat
Hipp(prov) ap(mai 7,2,75) hO DE APOSTOLOW, TOUS hAMARTANONTAS, FHSIN,
ENWPION PANTW ELEGXE, nec magis Or(3,724) ESTI D' hOTE XRH KATA THN
APOSTOLIKHN FWNH TOUS hAMARTANONTA ENWPION PANTWN ELEGXEIN) 
 Ln add DE
cum AD* d f g demid go Bas(eth 292) Thphyl Hier(ep 24 ad marcell) Ambrst.
item FG post AMARTAN.
D*  ELENXE
EXWSIN: P EXOUSIN
george
gfsomsel
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