[B-Greek] 2 Cor 1:12, EN hAPLOTHTI KAI EILIKRINEIAi TOU QEOU
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Aug 10 15:12:16 EDT 2007
On Aug 10, 2007, at 2:18 PM, Paul Toseland wrote:
> hH GAR KAUCHSIS hHMWN hAUTH ESTIN, TO MARTURION TOU SUNEIDHSEWS hHMWN,
> hOTI EN hAPLOTHTI KAI EILIKRINEIAi TOU QEOU, KAI OUK EN SOFIAi
> SARKIKHi
> ALL' EN CARITI QEOU, ANESTRAFHMEN EN KOSMWi, PERISSOTERWS DE PROS
> hUMAS.
>
> In the phrase EN hAPLOTHTI KAI EILIKRINEIAi TOU QEOU, does TOU QEOU
> qualify EILIKRINEIAi alone, or hAPLOTHTI KAI EILIKRINEIAi?
I would say that it construes with both, since there is no article;
but as the text stands, the more significant question is how the
genitive TOU QEOU is related to either or -- more likely -- both
nouns. I am inclined to think that NET has it right, "with pure
motives and sincerity which are from God"; hAPLOTHS is want of
duplicity rather than "simplicity" in the more common sense of the
English word. These must be God-given qualities of character as
opposed to being self-derived. I would even surmise that EN CARITI
QEOU clarifies the phrase EN hAPLOTHTI KAI EILIKRINEIAi TOU QEOU.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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