[B-Greek] 1 Cor 14:37-38

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri May 5 19:11:49 EDT 2006


On May 5, 2006, at 6:33 PM, Scott Stocking wrote:

> I have been discussing the variant reading in 1 Cor 14:38  
> (AGNOEITAI vs.
> AGNOEITW) on another forum, but
> wanted some feedback from this community. It seems to me the latter  
> (the
> rejected infinitive)

Did you mean to say imperative (not infinitive)?

> makes much more
> sense than what NA27 has, especially given the string of  
> imperatives in the
> last part of ch. 14, and the apparent chiastic
> structure of 34-38. Also, 1 Cor 14:37-38 strikes as an inclusio  
> with 1 Cor
> 12:1, especially with the use of
> PNEUMATIKOS and AGNOEW in both places, so that vv. 37-38 do not  
> only refer
> to Paul's teaching in chapter 14,
> but to his whole treatise on love and spiritual gifts in those three
> chapters.


Carl W. Conrad
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