[B-Greek] Phil questions
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at ioa.com
Wed Sep 28 10:57:59 EDT 2005
Text: Phil 2:2 PLHRWSATE MOU THN CARIN hINA TO AUTO FRONHTE, THN
AUTHN AGAPHN ECONTES, SUMYUCOI, TO hEN FRONOUNTES
Seems to me that the hINA-clause in Phil 2:2 is a substantive clause
functioning in apposition to either CARIN or even to the entire
clause PLHRWSATE MOU THN CARIN. I suppose this amounts to the second
alternative below. In that sense I'd English it as: "Make my joy
complete, i.e. maintain a shared focus with the same mutual love, one
in spirit, one in attitude."
On Sep 28, 2005, at 10:12 AM, Richard Greene wrote:
> 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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Carl W. Conrad
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