[B-Greek] Philemon 6
Oun Kwon
kwonbbl at gmail.com
Mon May 30 23:32:12 EDT 2011
My take on Phm 6a
so that the participation of life [with them] from your faith may
become more effective ...
Oun Kwon.
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Iver Larsen <iver_larsen at sil.org> wrote:
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> How is the genitive ἡ κοινωνία τῆς πίστεώς σου hH KOINWNIA THS PISTEWS SOU to be
> understood? The SOU must refer to Philemon. But is it "the fellowship of his
> faith" or is it "his fellowship of faith"? This is ambiguous. My preference is
> to see the THS PISTEWS genitive as a description of the bond that ties the
> community together, a faith-fellowship or a fellowship centred around a common
> faith in Jesus. Philemon would probably be a part of other social or business
> fellowships, but this one is a faith fellowship. The SOU would then indicate
> Philemon's relationship to that faith-fellowship. It is his fellowship, not
> Paul's, so I do not think it is matter of the fellowship between Paul and
> Philemon. It is Philemon's, not in the sense that he owns it, but in the sense
> that he is part of it and may even have been the instigator of that
> faith-fellowship. It is likely that there was a group of believers whom Philemon
> took care of and they may have met in his house, since he was a well-to-do man.
> Verse 5 talks about Philemon's love for the local believers, the saints, and v.
> 7 about how he has refreshed or brought to a position of rest (ANAPAUW -
> ἀναπαύω). Although KOINWNIA primarily refers to the activity of having
> fellowship, it cannot be separated from the believers who engage in that
> activity. It is the fellowship that should become powerful, but that is tied to
> Philemon (and probably also the local believers) becoming powerful in what they
> do. NIV2011 says "your partnership with us in the faith." My main problem with
> that is the addition of "with us" which is not in the text. The Danish
> authorized version of 1948 said in an English back translation: "the fellowship
> around/pertaining to the faith that you are part of."
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> Any comments? It has many challenges, so I am not expecting much agreement.
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> Iver Larsen
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