[B-Greek] AGAPAW, FILEW, etc. in the GNT
Eric Weiss
papaweiss1 at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 15 17:43:50 EST 2006
Carl (or others),
> I read the referenced blog and found it interesting. I do have a question about the
> Greek of Rev 2:4 which was referenced in the blog. The text is:
>
> ALLA ECW KATA SOU THN AGAPHN SOU THN PRWTHN AFHKES
>
> Brandon Wason takes this to mean that the church at Ephesus did not love God or
> others like they did at first (i.e. at the beginning). I notice that the NLT translates
> Rev 2:4 this way. I have always understood this as an attributive construction, "your
> first (or primary) love" rather than "your love at the beginning." Does the Greek
> legitimately support either interpretation?
> Daniel Nordlund
> Bothell, WA
2:5 says MNHMONEUE OUN POQEN PEPTWKAS, KAI METANOHSOV KAI TA
PRWTA ERGA POIHSON.
This, to me, supports the NLT translation - i.e., do the (or "your") first/former works -
because I don't think PRWTA here - to relate it to the PRWTHN in 2:4 - would best be
translated as "primary." I.e., I think the translation of PRWTHN in 2:4 should be similar to the meaning of PRWTA in 2:5.
Eric S. Weiss
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