[B-Greek] Titus 2:14
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Feb 24 06:39:04 EST 2007
On Feb 24, 2007, at 6:15 AM, Carl Unger wrote:
> Titus 2:14 "who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every
> lawless deed,
> and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous
> for good
> deeds." (NASB)
>
> Titus 2:14 "He gave himself for us to set us free from every sin
> and to
> cleanse us so that we can be his special people who are
> enthusiastic about
> doing good things. (GWT)
>
> I want to know:
> did he give himself to redeem us from all iniquity etc SO we will
> be his own
> people etc
> or
> did he give himself to reedeem us from all iniquity and by doing
> that we are
> his own people
> or perhaps something different.
>
> I don't know much about the language, but I think I noticed
> something to do
> with the aorists switching into something different, which might
> tell me
> something.
If you want to raise questions like that on this list and make sense
of the responses, you're going to have to learn more of the language
itself.
Text: hOS EDWKEN hEAUTON hUPER hHMWN, hINA LUTRWSHTAI hHMAS APO PASHS
ANOMIAS KAI KAQARISHi hEAUTWI LAON PERIOUSION, ZHLWTHN KALWN ERGWN.
Both aorists here (LUTRWSHTAI and KAQARISHi) are subjunctive in a
purpose clause introduced by hINA. hHMAS is direct object and APO
PASHS ANOMIAS the adverbial complement of LUTRWSHTAI; LAON
PERIOUSION, ZHLWTHN KALWN ERGWN are complements of KAQARISHi hEAUTWi.
That is to say: there are two purposes clauses, the first indicating
redemption from unrighteousness, the second indicating the
purification process.
What may seem a bit odd here is that the phrase functioning as object
of KAQARISHi seems more to describe the LAON after the purification
than before it. Perhaps PERIOUSION, ZHLWTHN KALWN ERGWN should be
understood as a predicate accusative with KAQARISHi hEATUWi LAON: "to
purify for himself a people, one (that is to be) his very own, eager
to do good deeds." That appears to be the way the NASB cited above is
taking it. The other version GWT conveys the sense of the Greek
accurately but is not so woodenly literal as NASB.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
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