[B-Greek] Phi 3:14 genitive use

Oun Kwon kwonbbl at gmail.com
Tue Apr 12 19:21:28 EDT 2011


The relevant paragraph is quoted here;

Phi 3:12-16
12 OUC OTI HDH ELABON H HDH TETELEIWMAI DIWKW DE EI KAI KATALABW, EF
hW KAI KATELHMFQHN hUPO CRISTOU
13 ADELFOI, EGW EMAUTON OUPW LOGIZOMAI KATEILHFENAI hEN DE TA MEN
OPISW EPILANQANOMENOS TOIS DE EMPROSQEN EPEKTEINOMENOS
14 KATA SKOPON DIWKW EIS TO BRABEION THS ANW KLHSEWS TOU QEOU EN CRISTW IHSOU
15 hOSOI OUN TELEIOI TOUTO FRONWMEN: KAI EI TI hETERWS FRONEITE KAI
TOUTO hO QEOS hUMIN APOKALUYEI:
16 PLHN EIS hO EFQASAMEN TWi AUTWi STOICEIN.

My question is on v. 14.

1. Am I on the right tract to understand (EIS TO BRABEION) THS ANW
KLHSEWS as appositive genitive?

On this, I find just a few on my side, e.g. GNB ("...prize, which is
God's call ....") and NET (its footnote -  Grk "prize, namely, the
heavenly calling of God").

While most leave it as ambiguous as 'prize of ~', some have different
understanding: Cf. HCSB (" ... prize promised by God’s heavenly call
...", and NIV ("...prize for which God has called me..."). In that
case, a question has to be answered - what is this prize.

2. What is thematically referred by SKOPOS  in the phrase KATA SKOPON?

3. What is nuance of ANW - a high,  noble, or heavenly (calling)?

Oun Kwon



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