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

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Fri Dec 11 13:34:54 EST 2009


One of the difficulties is unpacking the metaphors represented by KATA  
TO METRON TOU KANONOS and EFIKESQAI ACRI KAI hUMWN.  One might read TO  
METRON TOU KANONOS ... EFIKESQAI ACRI as a territorial metaphor  
something like "domain of influence", i.e. Paul's "turf" which  
includes his addressees  in Corinth ACRI KAI hUMWN.


Elizabeth Kline

On Dec 10, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Mark Lightman wrote:

> I know a few people take METROU with QEOS, "the God who measures,"  
> which is
> even less satisfying.  I take it in apposition to KANOU, and yes,  
> the syntax
> is awkward, jarring, as it is throughout this book.  These verses  
> are as difficult as
> any in the Greek NT.
>
>
> Mark L
>
>
> FWSFOROS MARKOS
>
> --- On Thu, 12/10/09, Elizabeth Kline  
> <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> From: Elizabeth Kline <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [B-Greek] syntax in 2 cor 10:12-13
> To: "greek B-Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 10:34 AM
>
> 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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