[B-Greek] 1 Tim 1:1-2
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Jun 15 19:57:29 EDT 2006
On Jun 15, 2006, at 7:40 PM, Norman Goos wrote:
> Dr. Conrad wrote: "I would suggest that the implicit verb is one or
> another
> of the more- or-less synonymous 3rd-person imperatives: ESTW, GINESQW,
> GENHQHTW. The standard salutation regularly involves a command or
> wish for
> the well-being of the recipient(s) of the letter; the NT variant of
> this is
> quite commonly a wish that the recipient receive blessing of grace,
> peace,
> love, etc. from God and from Christ or from God through Christ."
>
>
>
> Am I understanding correctly when I understand this to mean that the
> understood imperative is a form of an equative verb prior to the
> three-fold
> wish of CARIS ELEOS EIRHNH?
Just so. I'm not sure that I'd call GINESQW or GENHQHTW "equative"
here since they certainly involve the subjects' coming to the
addressee from God and Christ. A good comparable sentence: Lk 2:14
DOXA EN hUYISTOIS QEWi KAI EPI GHS EIRHNH EN ANQRWPOISIN EUDOKIAS.
Here too I would certainly understand one or another of the above
imperatives.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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