[B-Greek] 1Co 15:10a Grace given to me vs. Grace has not been wasted on me.

Oun Kwon kwonbbl at gmail.com
Thu Oct 5 23:42:25 EDT 2006


Here again with transliteration.

The verse 1Co 15:10a reads:

KARITI DE QEOU EIMI hO EIMI
KAI hH KARIS AUTOU hH EIS EME OU TENH EGENHQH

Question: Whether hH KARIS AUTOU is modified by hH EIS EME
or has the following clause as appositive (with  EIS EME used as
adverbial within the clause.

Oun Kwon.
On 10/5/06, Oun Kwon <kwonbbl at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 1Co 15:10 a
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> χά ριτι δὲ θεοῦ εἰμι ὅ εἰ μι,
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> καὶ ἡ χ άρις α ὐτοῦ ἡ εἰ ς ἐμ ὲ οὐ κενὴ ἐγενήθη ,''By the grace of God, I am
> what I am.
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> His grace which was given to me has not been for nothing' (after BBE)
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> Gk syntax question:
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> I need some help on how to decide whether ἡ χάρις αὐτοῦ is modified by ἡ ε
> ἰς ἐμ ὲ, or has the following clause as appositive ( with  εἰ ς ἐμ ὲ used as
> adverbial within the clause).  The former is taken by most of the English
> translations, except GW which I follow:  I would render it
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> 'By the grace of God, I am what I am --
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> yes, His grace, the grace which has not been wasted on me."
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> Thanks for your help.
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> Oun Kwon.
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