[B-Greek] MH EPI PORNEIA in Matthew 19:9

Will Dilbeck will.dilbeck at gmail.com
Tue Feb 17 19:56:46 EST 2009


Harold,

Thanks for that explanation.

Will

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Harold Holmyard
<hholmyard3 at earthlink.net>wrote:

> Will ,
> > Thanks for all the responses. I certainly did not intend to make this a
> > translation issue. I am sorry if my question veered us in that direction.
> >
> > I guess my question then is must MH EPI PORNEIA be understood as "except
> for
> > fornication"?
> >
>
> HH: I think you can also take it literally with a meaning like "for any
> reason besides":
>
> And I tell you, whoever divorces his wife not for sexual
> immorality and marries another, commits adultery."
>
> HH: Matthew would be indicating a category by its exclusions and so would
> be saying what he means, but it is clumsy English. This kind of phrasing can
> work all right in some English contexts:
>
> Whoever marries not for love makes a big mistake.
>
> The person would mean, "Whoever marries for any reason other than love."
>
> Yours,
> Harold Holmyard
>
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