[B-Greek] QEOU BASILEAN in 1 Cor 6:9

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Wed Mar 10 15:27:40 EST 2010


On Mar 10, 2010, at 11:52 AM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:

> That would leave BASILEIAN on it's own, without a genitive, either QEOU or hUIOU or AUTOU. Paul rarely does that. Here is one example:
> 
> 1Cor. 15:24 εἶτα τὸ τέλος, ὅταν παραδιδῷ τὴν βασιλείαν τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρί, ὅταν καταργήσῃ πᾶσαν ἀρχὴν καὶ πᾶσαν ἐξουσίαν καὶ δύναμιν. 
> 
> 1Cor. 15:24 EITA TO TELOS, hOTAN PARADIDWi THN BASILEIAN TWi QEWi KAI PATRI, hOTAN KATARGHSHi PASAN ARCHN KAI PASAN EXOUSIAN KAI DUNAMIN. 

THN BASILEIAN is used here without qualification, but BASILEIAN QEOU is still in active memory. You might think of this as reduced encoding for a discourse "participant" reference. The full phrase is still active in the discourse, so an unqualified THN BASILEIAN is adequate to insure unambiguous identification of the referent.[1]   

1Cor. 15:50 Τοῦτο δέ φημι, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι σὰρξ καὶ αἷμα βασιλείαν θεοῦ κληρονομῆσαι οὐ δύναται οὐδὲ ἡ φθορὰ τὴν ἀφθαρσίαν κληρονομεῖ. 

1Cor. 15:50 TOUTO DE FHMI, ADELFOI, hOTI SARX KAI hAIMA BASILEIAN QEOU KLHRONOMHSAI OU DUNATAI OUDE hH FQORA THN AFQARSIAN KLHRONOMEI. 



Elizabeth Kline
 
[1] I have run into pastors who regularly use THN BASILEIAN without qualification, assuming that their presence is adequate "context" to insure identification of the referent.





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