[B-Greek] 1Co 13:7 PANTA believe all?
Barry H.
nebarry at verizon.net
Fri May 13 00:16:32 EDT 2011
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Subject: [B-Greek] 1Co 13:7 PANTA believe all?
> 1Co 13:7 πάντα στέγει, πάντα πιστεύει, πάντα ἐλπίζει, πάντα ὑπομένει.
> PANTA STEGEI, PANTA PISTEUEI, PANTA ELPIZEI, PANTA hUPOMENEI.
>
> Unlike the rest of verbal phrases, I'm stuck with 'PANTA PISTEUEI'.
> What does it mean? Should I try to find what PANTA refers to (things
> or people)?
PANTA is neuter accusative plural, and so does not refer to people.
> Is this accusative adjective something of an object to the verb, or,
> as NIV does, should it be adverbial as 'always' in all four places. As
> it sounds easy, is it the sensible way to get unstuck? Several online
> (old) commentaries actually confuse me.
The PANTA's are direct objects of their respective verbs. The grammar is
simple, but what it means, "believes all things," that's a matter of
interpretation!
N.E. Barry Hofstetter, semper melius Latine sonat...
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