[B-Greek] TOUTO 1Co 7:6 - kataphoric or anaphoric?

Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org
Mon Feb 5 02:04:16 EST 2007


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Oun Kwon" <kwonbbl at gmail.com>


> Please bear with me about another question on anaphoric vs kataphoric
> usage. The recent e-mail exchange TAUTA (pl.) in anaphoric usage Jn
> 15:17 etc. were discussed (referring to the preceding ones).
>
> How about the singular TOUTO in 1Co 7:6?
>
> TOUTO DE LEGW KATA SUGGNWMHN, OU KAT' EPITAGHN.
>
> Does it refer to what he is going to say in the next verse
> (kataphoric) [which I believe so], or to what he has said in the
> preceding verses (anaphoric)?
>
> Thank you very much for your help.
>
> Oun Kwon.

Since the next sentence is connected with a DE and has no hINA or hOTI, it cannot be the content 
that TOUTO refers to. Therefore, TOUTO must refer to the topic of the preceding verses, in 
particular the statement in v. 1b which is further explained in the following verses.

Iver Larsen 




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