[B-Greek] Phil 1:29

yancywsmith yancywsmith at sbcglobal.net
Mon Jun 26 10:17:51 EDT 2006


Infinitives are used either adverbially (purpose, result or something  
like that) or as nominals (subject, adjective, object, object of a  
preposition). In this case, both infinitives TO ... PISTEUEIN and  
TO ... PASCEIN are being used as nouns, specifically as appositonal  
extensions of the subject of the passive verb ECARISQH, which is this  
case is TO hUPER CRISTON. Neither of the infinitives is the object of  
the prepositions EIS and hUPER, rather, AUTON and hUPER are the  
objects of these prepositions. So, a pony translation would be: "To  
you has been granted the [following thing] on behalf of Christ, [that  
is] not only the in him to believe but also the on behalf of him to  
suffer." Or better English: To you has been granted on behalf of  
Christ, not only [the opportunity] to believe in him but also to  
suffer for him."

Yancy  Smith
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On Jun 26, 2006, at 7:57 AM, Muz wrote:

> 29  OTI hUMIN ECARISQH TO UPER CRISTOU, OU MONON TO EIS AUTON  
> PISTEUEIN ALLA
> KAI TO UPER AUTOU PASCEIN.
>
> 29  For to you it has been granted for Christ's sake, not only to  
> believe in
> Him, but also to suffer for His sake
>
> I apologize for not having my Wallace/Mounce with me...
>
> However, aren't "to believe" and "to suffer" more than simple  
> infinitives?
> They appear to either be articular infinitives with EIS and UPER
> prepositions, or articular prepositional phrases.
>
> Obviously the latter doesn't make a whole lot of sense...
>
> But the former would seem to be better translated "in order that  
> you might
> believe" and "in order that you might suffer", reflecting a purpose  
> and a
> result subjunctive feeling that often comes with articular  
> infinitives...
>
> Did I miss something?
>
> Michael
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