[B-Greek] Philippians 1:28

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Sun Jul 19 19:51:40 EDT 2009


On Jul 19, 2009, at 1:25 PM, David Weiner wrote:

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


Phil. 1:27 Μόνον ἀξίως τοῦ εὐαγγελίου  
τοῦ Χριστοῦ πολιτεύεσθε, ἵνα εἴτε  
ἐλθὼν καὶ ἰδὼν ὑμᾶς εἴτε ἀπὼν  
ἀκούω τὰ περὶ ὑμῶν, ὅτι στήκετε ἐν  
ἑνὶ πνεύματι, μιᾷ ψυχῇ συναθλοῦντες  
τῇ πίστει τοῦ εὐαγγελίου  28 καὶ μὴ  
πτυρόμενοι ἐν μηδενὶ ὑπὸ τῶν  
ἀντικειμένων, ἥτις ἐστὶν αὐτοῖς  
ἔνδειξις ἀπωλείας, ὑμῶν δὲ  
σωτηρίας, καὶ τοῦτο ἀπὸ θεοῦ·  29 ὅτι  
ὑμῖν ἐχαρίσθη τὸ ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ, οὐ  
μόνον τὸ εἰς αὐτὸν πιστεύειν ἀλλὰ  
καὶ τὸ ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ πάσχειν,  30 τὸν  
αὐτὸν ἀγῶνα ἔχοντες, οἷον εἴδετε  
ἐν ἐμοὶ καὶ νῦν ἀκούετε ἐν ἐμοί.

  PHIL. 1:27 MONON AXIWS TOU EUAGGELIOU TOU CRISTOU POLITEUESQE, hINA  
EITE ELQWN KAI IDWN hUMAS EITE APWN AKOUW TA PERI hUMWN, hOTI STHKETE  
EN hENI PNEUMATI, MIAi YUCHi SUNAQLOUNTES THi PISTEI TOU EUAGGELIOU 28  
KAI MH PTUROMENOI EN MHDENI hUPO TWN ANTIKEIMENWN, hHTIS ESTIN AUTOIS  
ENDEIXIS APWLEIAS, hUMWN DE SWTHRIAS, KAI TOUTO APO QEOU· 29 hOTI  
hUMIN ECARISQH TO hUPER CRISTOU, OU MONON TO EIS AUTON PISTEUEIN ALLA  
KAI TO hUPER AUTOU PASCEIN, 30 TON AUTON AGWNA ECONTES, hOION EIDETE  
EN EMOI KAI NUN AKOUETE EN EMOI.

A.T. Robertson p.411c the explanatory neuter relative hO and  
demonstrative TOUTO are used without regard to the gender or number of  
the antecedent.

Fee (Phil NICNT p170)  has summary of the different readings [1].   
Lightfoot TOUTO refers to ENDEIXIS; Plummer  "fearlessness with its  
meaning" MH PTUROMENOI ...  ANTIKEIMENWN ??, O'Brien  Not to ENDEIXIS  
alone or SWTHRIAS alone but "the whole of the preceding". Fee thinks  
the  emphasis is on SWTHRIAS.


Elizabeth Kline

[1] a google on "fearlessness with its meaning" will take you to that  
page. [if google likes you :-) ]





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