[B-Greek] TINAS in 1 Cor 9:22

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 12 12:04:19 EDT 2011


ἐγενόμην τοῖς ἀσθενέσιν ἀσθενής, ἵνα τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς κερδήσω· τοῖς πᾶσιν γέγονα 
πάντα, ἵνα πάντως τινὰς σώσω.

The word πάντως PANTWS (to which I presume reference is made) is not a noun or 
an adjective, but an adverb and would thus better be understood as qualifying 
the verb σώσω SWSW.  Note BDAG's entry s.v. πάντως PANTWS:

④expression of lowest possible estimate on a scale of extent, at leastἵνα πάντως 
τινὰς σώσωin order to save at least some 1 Cor 9:22 (though by [any and] all 
means is also prob. here).
 george
gfsomsel 


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learn truth, love truth, speak the truth, hold the truth, 
defend the truth till death.


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From: Beata Urbanek <beata.urbanek at op.pl>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Tue, April 12, 2011 8:31:26 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] TINAS in 1 Cor 9:22

Dear List-members,

I've just been surprised by a commentary on the text.
One of the Polish scholars tranlates
hINA PANTWS TINAS SWSW
as "to save all".
He explains that TINAS means sort of "each and everyone". 
I looked up TIS in lexicons but couldn't see such a meaning. 

Is he right?

Beata Urbanek


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