[B-Greek] Rev. 1:5 b

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Wed Jan 25 16:54:24 EST 2006


On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:59:30 -0600 "David Bielby"
<dbielby at bloomingtonvineyard.org> writes:
> TWi AGAPWVTI hHMAS KAI LUSAVTI hHMAS EK TWN hAMAPTIWV hHMWV EV
> Twi hAIMATI AUTOU….
> 
> Can you take this phrase and rework it legitimately so that it says
> something
> 
> Like:
> 
> Because he loves(d) he broke us free from our sins with His (own) 
> blood.
> 
> Or does this violate the flexible nature of participles and 
> phraseology?
> 
> David Bielby
> 
> Pastor
> 
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TWi AGAPWNTI hHMAS KAI LUSANTI hHMAS EK TWN hAMARTIWN hHMWN EN TWi
hAIMATI AUTOU,

There is nothing in this to translate as "because."  It would destroy the
flow of the sentence if this were to be done.  The sentence continues
into the following verse with ". . .  AUTWi hH DOCA KAI TO KRATOS EIS
TOUS AIWNAS."  The ascription of glory is to HIM which is indicated by
the resumptive AUTWi.  Thus "TWi AGAPWNTI hHMAS . . ." is the indirect
object indicating who is to receive the glory.  This is not causal though
it might be ** logically ** understood that his loving us, etc. is the
ground for the ascription of glory this is not what the structure of the
sentence presents.

george
gfsomsel
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