[B-Greek] Jude 5
Dony K. Donev
dony at cupandcross.com
Mon Mar 15 16:52:06 EST 2004
Thank you for the responses on Jude 5.
I have encountered similar situation before in 1 John 2:20 which has led me to conclude that in the case contextual interpretation may be speculative. While we may think that the author(s) meant that the recipients did not know all things, this is only a speculation on our part since for all we know, the authors may have been convinced that the recipients indeed divinely knew all things. Therefore, I have chosen to stick with the text rather than my personal interpretation (which probably do not differ from the ones offered by the list members). In that case, regardless that we all human beings do not know it all, it seems like the text suggests they did. On the other hand, I seem to like Ron's "you once fully knew it," but I am not sure if it is consistent with the text.
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