[B-Greek] 1 Timothy 4:3: KWLUONTWN YAMEIN, APECESQAI

Oun Kwon kwonbbl at gmail.com
Mon May 31 18:59:31 EDT 2010


On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Tom Moore <tom at katabiblon.com> wrote:
> I'm confused by the dual infinitive "hindering to marry, to abstain from foods..." in 1 Timothy 4:3:
>
> KWLUONTWN GAMEIN, APECESQAI BRWMATWN, hA hO QEOS EKTISEN EIS METALHMYIN META EUCARISTIAS TOIS PISTOIS KAI EPEGNWKOSIN THN ALHQEIAN
>
> This is universally translated as certain persons are doing two things: 1) forbidding marriage, and 2) commanding abstinence from certain foods.
>
> Is this bad grammar, that this verse doesn't explicitly say something like παραγγελλοντων ἀπέχεσθαι [PARAGGELLONTWN APECESQAI], "commanding to abstain"?
>
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> Tom Moore
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I wonder why most translations read (1) command, (2) insist, (3)
require, or (4) demand to abstain, etc. etc.

Isn't it simply saying they are 'self-imposing' abstinence?

Oun Kwon.



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