[B-Greek] 1 Corinthians 7:8-9

Elliot Poe Elliot.Poe at gmail.com
Thu Dec 7 20:31:40 EST 2006


What do you think the ellipsis that results from hWS KAGW in the 
following quote refers to?

LEGW DE TOIS AGAMOIS KAI TAIS CHRAIS, KALON AUTOIS EAN MEINWSIN hWS 
KAGW: EI DE OUK EGKRATEUONTAI . . .

Many modern translations seem to fill the ellipsis with "unmarried," but 
this seems unsatisfactory to me (mainly because this is one of the two 
classes mentioned at the beginning of the verse).  I think the ellipsis 
demands a verb.  The most likely candidate appears to be the understood 
EIMI (an ellipsis in itself), but I am also wondering if the understood 
verb could be EGKRATEUOMAI.

What do you think?

Thanks,
Elliot Poe



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