[B-Greek] love: or love,

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Tue Apr 10 20:57:50 EDT 2007


On Apr 10, 2007, at 5:18 PM, Mitch Larramore wrote:

> Gal 5:22a
>
> hO DE KARPOS TOU PNEUMATOS ESTIN AGAPH, CARA,
> EIRHNH...
>
> Here is a note on this structure found in the NET
> Bible:
>
> Another way to punctuate this is “love” followed by a
> colon (love: joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
> faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control). It is
> thus possible to read the eight characteristics
> following “love” as defining love.
>
> Can someone explain to me on what authority this NET
> note is based? What is the rule of syntax that would
> justify this claim.

Helps to quote the whole thing.

GAL. 5:22 hO DE KARPOS TOU PNEUMATOS ESTIN AGAPH CARA EIRHNH,  
MAKROQUMIA CRHSTOTHS AGAQWSUNH, PISTIS  23 PRAUTHS EGKRATEIA: KATA  
TWN TOIOUTWN OUK ESTIN NOMOS

Do you see a pattern here?

AGAPH feminine singular nominative

  CARA EIRHNH  MAKROQUMIA CRHSTOTHS AGAQWSUNH  PISTIS PRAUTHS EGKRATEIA

all feminine singular nominative



Elizabeth Kline







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