[B-Greek] 1 Tim. 2:15

Jody Barnard jbnard at yahoo.co.uk
Wed Mar 10 06:39:45 EST 2004


Thank you for your comments on this. No-one seemed to
dispute my understanding that the participle THS
TEKNOGONIAS refers to a specific child birth (on
account of the article)i.e. the birth of Christ rather
than childbearing in general. Do you think this is an
acceptable understanding of the participle?

 --- Arie Dirkzwager <dirkzwager at pandora.be> wrote: >
Dear Jody,
> 
> Paul is switching from the singular to the plural
> because in his thought he
> is switching from Eve and "the" woman in general to
> a rule for all women,
> also in general of course.
> 
> Your second question is a matter of interpretation
> and theology and
> therefore no matter for this list. Only this. I
> would recommend you to read
> Paul's letters to find more verses that seem to be
> "fundamantally
> inconsistent with Paul's theology of salvation by
> Grace". You cannot
> construct an opposition between Paul en James (2:
> 14ff.).
> 
> Arie
> 
> Dr. A. Dirkzwager
> Hoeselt, Belgium
> e-mail dirkzwager at pandora.be
> 
> ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
> Van: "Jody Barnard" <jbnard at yahoo.co.uk>
> Aan: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Verzonden: woensdag 3 maart 2004 20:40
> Onderwerp: [B-Greek] 1 Tim. 2:15
> 
> 
> Dear B-greekers,
> 
> 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?
> 
> Jody Barnard
> England
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
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