[B-Greek] 1 Timothy 2:4-5

Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org
Wed Mar 9 02:17:51 EST 2011


After having looked at all the BOULOMAIs in the NT, I get the impression that it
usually refers to the following scenario: I have thought about the situation, I
have come to a decision or made a plan, and therefore: this is what I want you
to do or this is what I want should happen.
If more than one person is involved, the decision would be a result of that
consultation, but in most cases the person consults within him- or herself.

In 2 Pet 3:9 we read: μὴ βουλόμενός τινας ἀπολέσθαι ἀλλὰ πάντας εἰς μετάνοιαν
χωρῆσαι
MH BOULOMENOS TINAS APOLESQAI ALLA PANTAS EIS METANOIAN CWRHSAI

(God) is not planning (does not want) for anyone to be destroyed but for all to
make room for repentance.

In 1 Tim 2:4 God would wish (QELEI) for all people to be saved and come to fully
know the truth.

But he also knows that this will not happen, even though he has put everything
in place for it to happen as v. 5 explains: He has sent Jesus Christ as the
mediator, but there is only one God. If people will not believe and acknowledge
this truth, they will not be saved.

Although there is considerable overlap between the words, I do believe that some
distinction is present. It is akin to, but not quite the same as, the difference
between English "want" and "wish".

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shirley Rollinson" <rollinsondr at yahoo.com>
To: <beata.urbanek at op.pl>
Cc: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: 9. marts 2011 02:14
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] 1 Timothy 2:4-5


Dear Beata,
Could it be that THELW qelw relates to THELHMA qelhma - what an individual
wishes or wants
and that BOULOMAI boulomai relates to BOULH boulh - what a council decides
together?

thank you
Shirley Rollinson
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