[B-Greek] Philippians 1:28
Donald COBB
docobb at orange.fr
Mon Jul 20 01:33:11 EDT 2009
I think the hOTI that follows clears up things to a good extent: Paul says
in v. 29 "for (hOTI) it has has been freely given to you [...] also to
suffer on his behalf", the hOTI developing what precedes. Vv. 27-28 talk
generally of a situation of opposition (cf. ὑπὸ τῶν ἀντικειμένων, hUPO TWN
ANTIKEIMENWN, "those who oppose").
I would venture to say that καὶ τοῦτο ἀπὸ θεοῦ, KAI TOUTO APO QEOU, refers
globally to the hostility towards the readers, in whch it has been "freely
given" (i.e., by God) to suffer for Christ. The demonstrative, then, does
not refer back to a specific word (ENDEIXIS, SWTHRIA, etc.) but to the
general situation Paul is evoking.
In talking about Paul "forgetting his grammar" (G. Somsel), the change from
the dative to the genitive in v. 28 (αὐτοῖς ἔνδειξις ἀπωλείας, ὑμῶν δὲ
σωτηρίας, AUTOIS ENDEIXIS APWLEIAS, hUMWN DE SWTHRIAS) actually seems a
little rougher, and the textual variants show that that was picked up on by
a goodly number of scribes.
Donald Cobb
Aix-en-Provence, France
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From: "Elizabeth Kline" <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net>
To: "greek B-Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 1:51 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Philippians 1:28
>
> 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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