[B-Greek] 1st John 2:22

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Mon Oct 31 21:31:33 EST 2005


On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 23:04:04 +0000 "clare arnold"
<clarearnold at hotmail.com> writes:
> In 1st John 2:22 I'm confused by the double negatives.  Is it 
> possible to 
> translate the verse this way:
> 
> "Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the 
> Christ?"
> 
> Thanks,
> Clare Arnold
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TEXT:

TIS ESTIN hO YEUSTHW EI MH hO ARNOUMENOS hOTI IHSOUS OUK ESTIN hO
XRISTOS? 

BDAG, s.v. EI #6 

circle-i  EI MH (=PLHN) but 1 Cor 7:17 (= in general) (B-D-F §376).—After
negatives
alpha. except, if not, mostly without a verb depending on EI MH (X., An.
2, 1, 12; JosAs 12:11; Just., A I, 29, 1) Mt 11:27; 12:24; 16:4; J 3:13;
Ro 7:7; Gal 1:19 (HKoch, Z. Jakobusfrage Gal 1:19: ZNW 33, ’34, 204–9);
but also with a verb (Jos., Ant. 8, 316) Mt 5:13; Mk 6:5; Ac 21:25 v.l.
beta. but (OGI 201, 20f OUK AFW AUTOUS KAQESQHNAI EIS THN SKIAN, EI MH
hUPO hHLIOU ECW; in note 33 the ed. gives exx. fr. Aristoph. for this
use) without a verb Mt 12:4; w. a verb (Theod. Prodr. 7, 426 H.) Gal 1:7,
s. ALLOS 2b. For EKTOS EI MH s. EKTOS 3a.
george
gfsomsel
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