[B-Greek] syntax in 2 cor 10:12-13

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Thu Dec 10 12:34:25 EST 2009


2Cor. 10:12 Οὐ γὰρ τολμῶμεν ἐγκρῖναι ἢ  
συγκρῖναι ἑαυτούς τισιν τῶν  
ἑαυτοὺς συνιστανόντων, ἀλλὰ αὐτοὶ  
ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἑαυτοὺς μετροῦντες καὶ  
συγκρίνοντες ἑαυτοὺς ἑαυτοῖς οὐ  
συνιᾶσιν.  13 ἡμεῖς δὲ οὐκ εἰς τὰ  
ἄμετρα καυχησόμεθα ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸ  
μέτρον τοῦ κανόνος οὗ ἐμέρισεν  
ἡμῖν ὁ θεὸς μέτρου, ἐφικέσθαι ἄχρι  
καὶ ὑμῶν.

2COR. 10:12 OU GAR TOLMWMEN EGKRINAI H SUGKRINAI hEAUTOUS TISIN TWN  
hEAUTOUS SUNISTANONTWN, ALLA AUTOI EN hEAUTOIS hEAUTOUS METROUNTES KAI  
SUGKRINONTES hEAUTOUS hEAUTOIS OU SUNIASIN. 13 hHMEIS DE OUK EIS TA  
AMETRA KAUCHSOMEQA ALLA KATA TO METRON TOU KANONOS hOU EMERISEN hHMIN  
hO QEOS METROU, EFIKESQAI ACRI KAI hUMWN

I find this a difficult passage. For example in 13b some scholars  
suggest that METROU limits TOU KANONOS. That would leave us with what  
looks to me like an improbable construction: TO METRON TOU KANONOS ...  
METROU and how often in the NT do we see a genitive separated from its  
head by a relative clause? On the other hand, reading METROU as part  
of the relative clause is not a particularly attractive option.


Elizabeth Kline







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