[B-Greek] Phil 1:23

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Feb 28 09:36:06 EST 2009


On Feb 28, 2009, at 8:11 AM, Scott Wells wrote:

> SUNECOMAI DE EK TWN DUO, THN EPIQUMIAN ECWN EIS TO ANALUSAI KAI SUN  
> CRISTWi
> EINAI
>
> What is the grammatical relationship between THN EPIQUMIAN and EIS TO
> ANALUSAI KAI SUN CRISTWi EINAI.  Are the infinitives complements in an
> object-complement construction?

The latter "epexetic": it explains what the desire actually is:  
"desire for what? desire for departing and being with Christ."  
Actually, I think that the EIS is unnecessary with the infinitive.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Ret)




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