[B-Greek] ASQENESTERWi SKEUEI in 1 Peter 3:7

Mitch Larramore mitchlarramore at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 22 18:02:07 EDT 2009


I had only mentioned this post by Mark Wilson as an illustration, but one of the reasons I think it is so good is that it rejects the earlier commentaries which have obviously been unable to offer any explanation. [Also, I don't think you will find a lot of earlier extra-biblical Greek examples of this 'weaker SKEUEI.' I would look for the nuances of ASQENESTERWi by itself.

But in the immediately preceding verses, Peter is talking about the INNER beauty of the woman. The reason I understood Mark to be saying the "vulnerability" was 'positive' is because it is being viewed as part of the woman's INNER beauty. The woman does not possess a weaker 'character' than man, and the focus of a woman's physical weakness by most commentaries leads to dead ends. No, I think Mark's idea, a bit uncomfortable apparently due to his way of thinking, is heading in the right direction. 

This is exactly how "break throughs" happen, if you ask me. A guy like Mark comes along and redirects our thinking, and then scholars come along and do the hard work of perfecting this idea or redirecting it into some other direction, but still being carried by the original momentum gathered by the out-of-the-box first thinker. He had obviously done some groundbreaking work.

Mitch Larramore
Augusta, GA



      



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