[B-Greek] I Tim. 4:6
John Colby
colby at solutions2000.net
Wed Mar 17 15:12:21 EST 2004
I Timothy 4:6 reads:
TAUTA hUPOTIQEMENOS TOIS ADELFOIS KALOS ESHi DIAKONOS CRISTOU IHSOU, ENTREFOMENOS TOIS LOGOIS THS PISTEWS KAI THS DIDASKALIAS hHI PAHKOLOUQHKAS
Simply rendered: Suggesting these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in [or- nourished on] the words of faith and of the good teaching [or- sound doctrine] which you have been following (faithfully).
My concern is the participle ENTREFOMENOS (pres, mp), which is usually taken in a passive sense, "being trained". This participle would have not caught my attention except for the small note in the BDAG, "mid. since Hes." [perhaps before VI BC]. Can this be taken in a more or less active sense (paralleling the mp in the first part of the verse- hUPOTIQEMENOS and then ENTREFOMENOS) with an implied direct object? "Training (them [the brothers]) in the words of faith..." This word only occurs once in the GNT, so I have no other places to see how the word is used. Since the many discussions on voice, I warily approach mp's.
Wondering...
Jonathan Colby
Guyana, South America
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