[B-Greek] Philippians 1:28

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sun Jul 19 19:12:48 EDT 2009


καὶ μὴ πτυρόμενοι ἐν μηδενὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀντικειμένων, ἥτις ἐστὶν αὐτοῖς ἔνδειξις ἀπωλείας, ὑμῶν δὲ σωτηρίας, καὶ τοῦτο ἀπὸ θεοῦ·
KAI MH PTUROMENOI EN MHDENI hUPO TWN ANTIKEIMENWN, hHTIS ESTIN AUTOIS hENDEICIS APWLEIAS, hUMWN DE SWTHRIAS, KAI TOUTO APO QEOU.

What is TOUTO?  It is TOUTO, of course !  :-)  

Note the gender which is neuter.  There is nothing in the immediate context with which it might logically agree so that doesn't really help.  If we go back to τῇ πίστει THi PISTEI in v. 27, it is fem. and ἥτις hHTIS is in agreement with it.  In v. 28 σωτηρίας SWTHRIAS is likewise fem.  I guess this is simply one of those cases where Paul forgot his grammar [ :-)  ], which is to say that it is KATA SUNESIN or "according to the sense."  The question remains, "What is the sense?"  In light of what follows in v. 29 I would opt for τῇ πίστει THi PISTEI since faith is further discussed there.


 george
gfsomsel 


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defend the truth till death.


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From: David Weiner <cdweiner at comcast.net>
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Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 1:25:39 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] Philippians 1:28

The last phrase in this verse is KAI TOUTO APO QEOU.  To what does TOUTO 
refer?
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