[B-Greek] James 4:14 OITINES with 2nd person verb

Elizabeth Kline kline-dekooning at earthlink.net
Mon Jan 2 01:09:10 EST 2006


On Jan 1, 2006, at 6:23 PM, Scott Wells wrote:

> (13) AGE NUN OI LEGONTES SHMERON H AUPION POREUSOMEQA EIS THNDE THN  
> POLIN
> KAI POIHSOMEN EKEI ENIAUTON KAI EMPOREUSOMEQA KAI KERDHSOMEN (14)  
> hOITINES
> OUK EPISTASQE TO THS AUPION POIA hH ZWH hUMWN ATMIS GAR ESTE hH  
> PROS OLIGON
> FAINOMENH EPEITA KAI AFANIZOMENH
>

{snip}

>   Porter renders the verse "you by your very nature do not
> know" arguing for the essential use of OSTIS (Idioms, 133).  How  
> should this
> verse be understood?

Porter is arguing for the classical disticion between OSTIS and OS.  
Not everyone is going to agree with him on this. hOITINES often  
functions as a simple relative in Koine.


Elizabeth Kline







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