[B-Greek] 2Cor. 10:1b EN hUMIN ... EIS hUMAS

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Wed Jul 15 14:24:15 EDT 2009


2Cor. 10:1 Αὐτὸς δὲ ἐγὼ Παῦλος παρακαλῶ  
ὑμᾶς διὰ τῆς πραΰτητος καὶ  
ἐπιεικείας τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς κατὰ  
πρόσωπον μὲν ταπεινὸς ἐν ὑμῖν,  
ἀπὼν δὲ θαρρῶ εἰς ὑμᾶς·

2COR. 10:1 AUTOS DE EGW PAULOS PARAKALW hUMAS DIA THS PRAUTHTOS KAI  
EPIEIKEIAS TOU CRISTOU, hOS KATA PROSWPON MEN TAPEINOS EN hUMIN, APWN  
DE QARRW EIS hUMAS·
The contrast between drawn between the MEN (constituent) and the DE  
(constituent) seems to be enhanced by the switch between EN hUMIN and  
EIS hUMAS. The former EN hUMIN, if it is read as local "among you",  
doesn't necessarily imply any sort of action much less aggression, a  
passive state and the later EIS hUMAS "towards you" combined with  
QARRW implies a goal oriented activity directed toward his addressees  
in Corinth and seems to carry with it an implication of aggression  
directed toward the recipients.

Perhaps this is so obvious it doesn't warrant comment. The older  
English versions do a fair job indicating this contrast. M.J. Harris  
(2005) has a brief comment on it.

Elizabeth Kline







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