[b-greek] Fwd: 1 John, 2 Questions

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Date: Mon Sep 25 2000 - 11:53:59 EDT


 
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In a message dated 09/24/2000 10:38:37 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
emory2oo2@hotmail.com writes:

> I John 1:7
>
> EAN DE EN TWi FWTI PERIPATWMEN hWS AUTOS ESTIN EN TWi FWTI,
> KOINWNIAN ECOMEN MET ALLHLWN KAI TO hAIMA IHSOU TOU hUIOU AUTOU
> KAQARIZEI hHMAS APO PASHS hAMARTIAS
>
>
> I have two questions here:
>
> 1. MET ALLHLWN
>
> Would this MET ALLHLWN refer to:
>
> a) believer with God
>
> b) believer with believer.
>
> c) grammatically, it could be either
>
> d) grammatically, it could be both
>
>

Mark,

I agree with Carl on the possibilities in the grammar, but in this case it is
probably less ambiguous.

Context (or co-text) constrains discourse, and the expressed goal of having
fellowing of believer with believer was clearly defined in the near context
in 1:3:

APAGGELLOMEN KAI hUMIN, hINA KAI hUMEIS DOINWNIAN EXHTE MEQ hHMWN.

The elliptical statement in 1:7 is anaphoric to 1:3.

Cindy Westfall
PhD Student, Roehampton

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