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Jude 3 τῇ ἅπαξ παραδοθείσῃ
Posted: April 28th, 2012, 3:23 pm
by Jonathan Robie
Jude 3 wrote:πᾶσαν σπουδὴν ποιούμενος γράφειν ὑμῖν
περὶ τῆς κοινῆς ἡμῶν σωτηρίας
ἀνάγκην ἔσχον γράψαι ὑμῖν
παρακαλῶν ἐπαγωνίζεσθαι τῇ ἅπαξ παραδοθείσῃ τοῖς ἁγίοις πίστει.
The phrase τῇ ἅπαξ παραδοθείσῃ
is variously interpreted as "delivered once and for all", "was once for all delivered ", "entrusted once for all time".
Where does the "for all" part of this come from? And how is the phrase to be understood?
Re: Jude 3 τῇ ἅπαξ παραδοθείσῃ
Posted: April 28th, 2012, 10:58 pm
by David Lim
Jonathan Robie wrote:Jude 3 wrote:πᾶσαν σπουδὴν ποιούμενος γράφειν ὑμῖν
περὶ τῆς κοινῆς ἡμῶν σωτηρίας
ἀνάγκην ἔσχον γράψαι ὑμῖν
παρακαλῶν ἐπαγωνίζεσθαι τῇ ἅπαξ παραδοθείσῃ τοῖς ἁγίοις πίστει.
The phrase τῇ ἅπαξ παραδοθείσῃ
is variously interpreted as "delivered once and for all", "was once for all delivered ", "entrusted once for all time".
Where does the "for all" part of this come from? And how is the phrase to be understood?
[Jude 1] [3] ... exhorting [you] to contend for the faith which was delivered once to the holy [ones]
"απαξ" and "τοις αγιοις" can be taken as adverbs modifying the participle "παραδοθειση". Then "απαξ παραδοθειση τοις αγιοις" functions like an adjective of "τη πιστει". "απαξ" seems to mean essentially "once (at one time)", which implies "only once" in this context.