[B-Greek] Word order in 2 Cor 5:19

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Mon May 7 17:33:34 EDT 2007


On May 7, 2007, at 11:18 AM, Kimmo Huovila wrote:

> The word order in 2 Cor 5:19 is interesting.
>
> How natural do you think the word order would be in an answer to these
> questions? To what questions would the word order be most natural?
>
> TI ESTI H DIAKONIA THS KATALLAGHS?
> TI EPOIEI hO QEOS EN CRISTWi?
>
> QEOS HN EN CRISTWi KOSMON KATALLASSWN hEAUTWi, MH LOGIZOMENOS  
> AUTOIS TA
> PARAPTWMATA AUTWN KAI QEMENOS EN hHMIN TON LOGON THS KATALLAGHS.


2COR. 5:18 TA DE PANTA EK TOU QEOU TOU KATALLAXANTOS hHMAS hEAUTWi  
DIA CRISTOU KAI DONTOS hHMIN THN DIAKONIAN THS KATALLAGHS,  19 hWS  
hOTI QEOS HN EN CRISTWi KOSMON KATALLASSWN hEAUTWi, MH LOGIZOMENOS  
AUTOIS TA PARAPTWMATA AUTWN KAI QEMENOS EN hHMIN TON LOGON THS  
KATALLAGHS.

A preliminary thought, I am still working on this one, it dosen't  
seem that v19 answers TI ESTI H DIAKONIA THS KATALLAGHS;. I would  
read hWS hOTI QEOS HN EN CRISTWi KOSMON KATALLASSWN hEAUTWi, MH  
LOGIZOMENOS AUTOIS TA PARAPTWMATA AUTWN as an expansion or an  
explantion of EK TOU QEOU TOU KATALLAXANTOS hHMAS hEAUTWi DIA  
CRISTOU. There are other possibilties of course.

The placement of KAI QEMENOS EN hHMIN TON LOGON THS KATALLAGHS at the  
end is parallel to the placement of KAI DONTOS hHMIN THN DIAKONIAN  
THS KATALLAGHS, first comes the activity of QEOS reconciling then  
DONTOS hHMIN THN DIAKONIAN THS KATALLAGHS ... QEMENOS EN hHMIN TON  
LOGON THS KATALLAGHS. The primary thrust of 19a is to explain what he  
means by QEOS reconciling.

This is just a first cut at this. I am no expert on Paul.

Elizabeth Kline







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