[B-Greek] Romans 1:11

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Jun 27 10:20:48 EDT 2007


The following inquiry has been sent to the list by a non-member, Mr.  
Theron Schink. Would anyone care to comment on the word-order of  
Romans 1:11?

Rom. 1:11 ἐπιποθῶ γὰρ ἰδεῖν ὑμᾶς, ἵνα  
τι μεταδῶ χάρισμα ὑμῖν πνευματικὸν  
εἰς τὸ στηριχθῆναι ὑμᾶς,
EPIPOQW GAR IDEIN hUMAS, hINA TI METADW CARISMA hUMIN PNEUMATIKON EIS  
TO STHRICQHNAI hUMAS.

I am no Greek scholar, but I have always been fascinated by Romans  
1:11. All of the sentences preceding verse 11 appear to my eye to be  
of an orderly fashion, and then when I come to verse 11, I stop and  
ponder the implications of the scrambling of the words in that  
sentence, especially with the verb 'give' and the pronoun 'us' being  
inserted amongst 'some' and 'blessing' and 'spiritual'. I have never  
seen a commentary address the implications of this scrambling. Is  
there a certain branch of Greek study that covers the implications of  
the word order, or lack there of, of the Greek sentence?

Thank you in advance for any and all replies.
  Mr. Theron Schink


Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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