[B-Greek] Ephesians 2:8 - Anaphoric Use of the Article
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Fri Jul 24 08:47:18 EDT 2009
On Jul 24, 2009, at 8:15 AM, rhutchin at aol.com wrote:
>
> Is it possible that the introduction of the article in 2:8
> (THi...CHARITI) could be read/translated as, "For the grace by which
> you are saved, (it is) through faith...not works..."?
>
> It seems to be that the claim of anything anaphora in theis verse
> adds nothing to our understanding of the verse and only confuses
> matters.? Hendricksen's reference to this is the footnote should
> have been accompanied by a discussion about what it adds to our
> understanding of the verse and why anyone should even care about it.
For my part, I don't think that the article in 2:8 is itself
anaphoric. I DO think, however, that THi CARITI in 2:8 clearly refers
back to CARITI ESTE SESWiSMENOI in 2:5 and to TO hUPERBALLON PLOUTOS
THS CARITOS AUTOU in 2:7; I don't see how we can doubt that there is a
recurrent emphatic reference to CARIS in this passage that is
recapitulated in verse 8.
5 καὶ ὄντας ἡμᾶς νεκροὺς τοῖς
παραπτώμασιν συνεζωοποίησεν τῷ
Χριστῷ, _ χάριτί ἐστε σεσῳσμένοι _ 6
καὶ συνήγειρεν καὶ συνεκάθισεν ἐν
τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, 7
ἵνα ἐνδείξηται ἐν τοῖς αἰῶσιν τοῖς
ἐπερχομένοις τὸ ὑπερβάλλον πλοῦτος
τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ ἐν χρηστότητι
ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ. 8 Τῇ γὰρ
χάριτί ἐστε σεσῳσμένοι διὰ
πίστεως· καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐξ ὑμῶν,
θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον· 9 οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων, ἵνα
μή τις καυχήσηται.
5 KAI ONTAS hHMAS NEKROUS TOIS PARAPTWMASIN SUNEZWOPOIHSEN TWi
CRISTWi, _ CARITI ESTE SESWiSMENOI _ 6 KAI SUNHGEIREN KAI SUNEKAQISEN
EN TOIS EPOURANIOIS EN CRISTWi IHSOU, 7 hINA ENDEIXHTAI EN TOIS AIWSIN
TOIS EPERCOMENOIS TO hUPERBALLON PLOUTOS THS CARITOS AUTOU EN
CRHSTOTHTI EF᾿ hHMAS EN CRISTWi IHSOU. 8 THi GAR CARITI ESTE
SESWiSMENOI DIA PISTEWS· KAI TOUTO OUK EX hUMWN, QEOU TO DWRON· 9 OUK
EX ERGWN, hINA MH TIS KAUCHSHTAI.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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