[B-Greek] Another try on Eph. 1.1

frjsilver at optonline.net frjsilver at optonline.net
Mon Sep 4 19:27:11 EDT 2006


Dear Friends --

hOI PISTOI means 'the faithful, the believers' equally:  six of one, half a dozen of the other.  

In Engllish, it's merely a question of style, since in Greek PISTEUW means 'I believe (in)' just as much as 'I am faithful to N'.  It's not much of a stretch to include 'I trust (in) N'.

I'm a little busy at the moment, but I hope to send something about hAGIOS to the list in the next couple of days.

Peace and blessings to all.

Father James Silver

Monk James
Orthodox Church in America

----- Original Message -----
From: Mitch Larramore 
Date: Sunday, September 3, 2006 11:55 pm
Subject: [B-Greek] Another try on Eph. 1.1
To: B Greek 

> Part of Eph. 1.1 is
> 
> PAULOS... TOIS hAGIOS TOIS OUSIN EN EFESWi KAI PISTOIS
> EN CRISTWi IHSOU
> 
> Nobody wanted to respond to my question on hAGIOS, so
> I wonder if someone would mind answering another
> question. How do you know whether PISTOIS means
> 'faithful one' or 'believers'? The 'faithful ones'
> seems to describe them, while 'believers' seems to
> identify them.
> 
> 
> Mitch Larramore
> Sugar Land, Texas
> 
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