[B-Greek] love: or love,

Mitch Larramore mitchlarramore at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 10 23:08:54 EDT 2007


Elizabeth:

I see that they are all fem sing nom. How does that
answer my question? The question is: Why do the last 8
define the first one?

Mitch Larramore

--- Elizabeth Kline <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> 
> 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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