[B-Greek] 1 John 3.18
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Thu Apr 12 21:58:17 EDT 2007
On Thursday, April 12, 2007, at 09:24PM, "Mitch Larramore" <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com> wrote:
>TEKNIA, MH AGAPWMEN LOGWi MHDE THi GLWSSHi ALLA EN
>ERGWi KAI ALHQEIAi
>
>1. What is the difference between LOGWi and GLWSSHi?
Not much: LOGWi may refer to content of what one says,
GLWSSHi to utterance, but I think what we have is essential
a positive and negative set of synonyms here.
>2. Why does GLWSSHi have the article?
Possibly to suggest "your"?
>
>3. Does this mean something like "do not love in word
>(only) or in tongue (only), but (also) in deed and
>truth"? If so, is this a rhetorical way of saying something?
Yes. You might compare Rom 12:9 -- hH AGAPH ANUPOKRITOS
"Love should not be a matter of play-acting."
Carl W. Conrad
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