[B-Greek] Phil questions

Richard Greene richardgreene at insightbb.com
Wed Sep 28 10:12:47 EDT 2005


I've puzzled over the use of hINA in this passage for years; "in order 
than" you may be like-minded," etc., doesn't make any sense to me.

I used the search engine and found a thread from 1996, from which the 
following comment;

/Perry,
/

/On your second question--the function of hina in Phil. 2.2--the
alternatives might help. There may be more than three, but this
will give a start.
/

/First, the hina clause (with the present subjunctive) could
function as the direct object of an implied imperative form of
parakalo (see Vincent, ICC, 54; Silva, 103). The clause then provides
the content of the implied exhortation.
/

/Second, you might be looking at an imperatival hina (cf. Eph. 5.33; 2
Cor. 8.7) with the clause functioning as a command (see Porter,
Verbal Aspect, 331, who lists this as a possibility).
/

/Third, the hina clause may modify the main verb plerosate and provide
the means by which Paul's joy might be made complete (see Moule,
Idiom Book, 145-146). I would tend to favor the last alternative as
do the NIV and NASB.
/

/Hopes this helps,
/

/Scott


/the third comment I found helpful; I'm sure the first two would also 
be, except that I don't really understand them.

Can anyone tell me how the first two comments would play out in translation?

Richard W. Greene
Princeton, Illinois



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