[B-Greek] 1 Tim. 2:15

Polycarp66 at aol.com Polycarp66 at aol.com
Wed Mar 3 14:58:25 EST 2004


In a message dated 3/3/2004 2:41:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
jbnard at yahoo.co.uk writes:

I'd be interested to hera your thoughts on 1 Timothy
2:15: 

SWQHSETAI DE DIA THS TEKVOGONIAS, EAN MEINWSIN EN
PISTEI KAI AGAPH KAI AGIASMW META SWFROSUNHS

Why does this sentence switch from the singular to the
plural. Up to the EAN I understand this verse to be
reffering to Eve (who will be saved through the child
birth i.e. Christ) but then the plural throws me. I
know some translations pluralise the whole verse
(women will be saved through childbearing) but this is
fundamantally inconsistent with Paul's theology of
salvation by Grace. What are your thoughts?
___________
SWQHSETAI DE DIA THS TEKNOGONIAS, EAN MEINWSIN EN PISTEI KAI AGAPHi KAI 
hAGIASMWi META SWFROSUNHS

Transliteration corrected to reflect 'N' = nu rather than 'V'

My guess would be that this is something akin to a usage "according to sense" 
in that what was really in the author's mind was the female gender in general 
rather than specifically Eve.

gfsomsel



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