[B-Greek] 1 John 3:9
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 5 06:23:44 EST 2008
If I understand you correctly, you are suggesting that there is some compulsion which would prevent one from transgressing. I would need to review the LSJ entry more fully with the examples give to determine in what sense "dare" is being used there, but my inclination, in view of the fact that all other usages in the NT as cited by BDAG seem to concentrate upon one's ability to perform some action, is to favor that usage here as well since there is nothing in particular to signal that it is being used otherwise.
george
gfsomsel
… search for truth, hear truth,
learn truth, love truth, speak the truth, hold the truth,
defend the truth till death.
- Jan Hus
_________
----- Original Message ----
From: Denise Parkes <deniseparkes at hotmail.com>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2008 10:16:50 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] 1 John 3:9
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
_________________________________________________________________
Your
Future
Starts
Here.
Dream
it?
Then
be
it!
Find
it
at
www.seek.com.au
http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Eseek%2Ecom%2Eau%2F%3Ftracking%3Dsk%3Ahet%3Ask%3Anine%3A0%3Ahot%3Atext&_t=764565661&_r=OCT07_endtext_Future&_m=EXT
---
B-Greek
home
page:
http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek
B-Greek
mailing
list
B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-greek
____________________________________________________________________________________
Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page.
http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
More information about the B-Greek
mailing list