[B-Greek] Phil 3:4 & 9 Article missing accentuates noun quality?
David Bielby
dbielby at bloomingtonvineyard.org
Fri Oct 21 16:20:10 EDT 2005
Looking at Philippians 3:4 & 9 I have a grammar question.
Philippians 3:4 KAIPER EGW EKWN PEPOIQHSIN KAI EN SARKI. EI TIS DOKEI
ALLOS
PEPOIQENAI EN SARKI, EGW MALLON.
Philippians 3:9 KAI EUREQW EN AUTW, MH EKWN EMHN DIKAIOSUNHN THN EK NOMOU
ALLA THN DIA PISTEWS KRISTOU,
THN EK QEOU DIKAIOSUNHN EPI TH PISTEI.
The point was made that the lack of an article in the Greek Text in Phil 3:9
for DIKAIOSUNHN focuses the meaning on the quality of the noun driving the
meaning towards ‘not a righteousness of my own’ instead of ‘not a
righteousness from God’ via the law.
This intensification of the quality of the noun is driven by the lack of
article(?) That’s my first question.
If so, then does that fit in vs 4 as well for SARKI? Assuming it does…then
should vs 4 be translated fleshly nature or something like that?
Or am I making way too much of the lack of an article here?
Thanks for the help.
David Bielby
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