[B-Greek] Philippians 1:3-4 - MNEIA - DEHSIS

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Thu Aug 20 13:54:06 EDT 2009


Phil. 1:2 χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ  
θεοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ  
Χριστοῦ.  3 Εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῷ μου ἐπὶ  
πάσῃ τῇ μνείᾳ ὑμῶν  4 πάντοτε ἐν  
πάσῃ δεήσει μου ὑπὲρ πάντων ὑμῶν,  
μετὰ χαρᾶς τὴν δέησιν ποιούμενο
.
PHIL. 1:2 CARIS hUMIN KAI EIRHNH APO QEOU PATROS hHMWN KAI KURIOU  
IHSOU CRISTOU. 3 EUCARISTW TWi QEWi MOU EPI PASHi THi MNEIAi hUMWN 4  
PANTOTE EN PASHi DEHSEI MOU hUPER PANTWN hUMWN, META CARAS THN DEHSIN  
POIOUMENO

On Aug 20, 2009, at 2:13 AM, Beata Urbanek wrote:

> What about taking hUMWN as genetivus subiectivus and translating: "I  
> thank
> God because of all your remebrance of me"? [as e.g. Peter T.
> O'Brien in his commentary on the epistle suggests]

I dug out a hard copy of an early recension of J.D. Reed's  
dissertation on Phil. where he discusses this issue. He agrees with  
O'Brien that EPI is causal in EPI PASHi THi MNEIAi hUMWN but he does  
not agree that hUMWN is subjective. Among other things (detailed  
discussion) Reed points out that in Phil 1:2-4, Rom 1:9, Eph 1:16,  
1Thes 1:2, Phlm 4, 2Tim 1:3 we find MNEIAi hUMWN, MNEIAN SOU, hUMWN  
MNEIAN, hUMWN MNEIAN,  SOU MNEIAN. Unlike, Phil. 1:3 where hUMWN is  
ambiguous, in these passages a verb makes it clear that the genitive  
pronoun is objective. Reed argues from this and other evidence that  
MNEIAN with a personal genitive in epistolary thanksgivings should  
probably be read as an objective genitive.

.
Rom. 1:9 μάρτυς γάρ μού ἐστιν ὁ θεός, ᾧ  
λατρεύω ἐν τῷ πνεύματί μου ἐν τῷ  
εὐαγγελίῳ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὡς  
ἀδιαλείπτως μνείαν ὑμῶν ποιοῦμαι
.
Rom. 1:9 MARTUS GAR MOU ESTIN hO QEOS, hWi LATREUW EN TWi PNEUMATI MOU  
EN TWi EUAGGELIWi TOU hUIOU AUTOU, hWS ADIALEIPTWS MNEIAN hUMWN POIOUMAI
.
Eph. 1:16 οὐ παύομαι εὐχαριστῶν ὑπὲρ  
ὑμῶν μνείαν ποιούμενος ἐπὶ τῶν  
προσευχῶν μου,
.
  Eph. 1:16 OU PAUOMAI EUCARISTWN hUPER hUMWN MNEIAN POIOUMENOS EPI  
TWN PROSEUCWN MOU,
.
1Th. 1:2 Εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ θεῷ πάντοτε  
περὶ πάντων ὑμῶν μνείαν ποιούμενοι  
ἐπὶ τῶν προσευχῶν ἡμῶν,  
ἀδιαλείπτως
.
  1Th. 1:2 EUCARISTOUMEN TWi QEWi PANTOTE PERI PANTWN hUMWN MNEIAN  
POIOUMENOI EPI TWN PROSEUCWN hHMWN, ADIALEIPTWS
.
Philem. 4 Εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῷ μου πάντοτε  
μνείαν σου ποιούμενος ἐπὶ τῶν  
προσευχῶν μου,
.
  Philem. 4 EUCARISTW TWi QEWi MOU PANTOTE MNEIAN SOU POIOUMENOS EPI  
TWN PROSEUCWN MOU,
.
2Tim. 1:3 Χάριν ἔχω τῷ θεῷ, ᾧ λατρεύω  
ἀπὸ προγόνων ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει,  
ὡς ἀδιάλειπτον ἔχω τὴν περὶ σοῦ  
μνείαν ἐν ταῖς δεήσεσίν μου νυκτὸς  
καὶ ἡμέρας,
.
2TIM. 1:3 CARIN ECW TWi QEWi, hWi LATREUW APO PROGONWN EN KAQARAi  
SUNEIDHSEI, hWS ADIALEIPTON ECW THN PERI SOU MNEIAN EN TAIS DEHSESIN  
MOU NUKTOS KAI hHMERAS,


Elizabeth Kline







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