[B-Greek] 1 John 3:9

Denise Parkes deniseparkes at hotmail.com
Mon Feb 4 22:16:50 EST 2008


1 John 3:9: PAS hO GEGENNHMENOS EK TOU QEOU hAMARTIAN OU POIEI hOTI SPERMA AUTOU EN AUTW MENEI KAI OU DUNATAI hAMARTANEIN, hOTI EK TOU QEOU GEGENNHTAI
 
Doesn’t the LSJ's definitions of DUNAMAI provide a third possibility to solve the apparent inconsistency between 1 John 1:8 and 1 John 3:6 and 9?  
 
DUNAMAI: 2. "of moral possibility, to be able, dare, bear to do a thing, mostly with neg." Thus:
 
1 John 3:9: Everyone who has been born of God does not sin, because his seed remains in him, and he DARE NOT sin because he has been born of God.
 
If one uses this definition, doesn’t the inconsistency between the three verses disappear?  Thus:
 
If those born of God dare not sin then:  
while still able to sin according to 1 John 1:18,
they don’t (intentionally) sin - 1 John 3:6, 
because they cannot bear to - 1 John 3:9.
 
Cheers,
Denise Parkes


 
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