[B-Greek] NHFONTES TELEIWS ELPISATE (1 Pet. 1:13)

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Wed Apr 11 22:33:39 EDT 2007


I know of no definitive criterion by which to determine this.  The usual grammars such as BDF, Robertson, Wallace do not speak to the issue.  Since TELEIWS is an adv rather than an adj there is no question of concord.  Robertson, however, in his _Word Pictures_ takes it with EPISATE as does the AV tradition (including ASV, RSV, NASB, NRSV) take it with ELPISATE as well.  Bigg in the ICC commentary states

 
TELEIWS is best taken with νήφοντες, “being perfectly sober” (most modem commentators take this view). Down to Dean Alford’s time it was generally connected with ELPISATE. In this case we must translate “hope with a perfect hope,” not “hope unto the end.” The idea of final perseverance is involved, but not expressed in the perfection of hope.

Bigg, C. (1901). A critical and exegetical commentary on the Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude (112). Edinburgh: T&T Clark International.

Yet Achtemeier in the Hermeneia commentary takes it with ELPISATE

Although it is possible for the adverb τελείως (“completely”) to be construed either with “sober” or with “hope,” and while both make good sense in this sentence, general practice seems to argue for its use with the latter. 

Achtemeier, P. J., & Epp, E. J. (1996). 1 Peter : A commentary on First Peter. Facsims. on lining papers. Hermeneia--a critical and historical commentary on the Bible (118). Minneapolis, Minn.: Fortress Press.

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Subject: [B-Greek] NHFONTES TELEIWS ELPISATE (1 Pet. 1:13)


Peter says, 

NHFONTES TELEIWS ELPISATE (1 Pet. 1:13).

I see that WH and NEB like the adverb with NHFONTES, but they're in a small
minority. I have the sense that the adverb goes more naturally with the
imperative than with the participle, but is there a principle of Greek
grammar or style that helps me decide with any confidence? 



Webb Mealy

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