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Ephesians 5:5

Ephesians 5:5

Jonathan Robie » October 13th, 2013, 7:54 am Ephesians 5:5 wrote:τοῦτο γὰρ ⸀ἴστε γινώσκοντες ὅτι πᾶς πόρνος ἢ ἀκάθαρτος ἢ πλεονέκτης, ⸀ὅ ἐστιν εἰδωλολάτρης, οὐκ ἔχει κληρονομίαν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ θεοῦ. This is an unusual phrase, isn’t it? ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ would not have surprised me, the Kingdom of God is a…

Matthew 3:2

Matthew 3:2

/////////////////////////////////////////// New Testament Re: Matt 3:2 μετανοεῖτε Posted: 19 Sep 2012 12:32 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r//~3/EPIwiZm5heM/viewtopic.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email Scott, Let me try to distinguish some concepts. Most linguists today adopt a bidimensional aspectual system that distinguishes “aspect” (a.k.a. grammatical aspect or “viewpoint” aspect) and “Aktionsart” (a.k.a. lexical aspect or “situation type” [Carlota Smith] or “procedural characteristics” [Buist Fanning]).…

Matthew 6:13

Matthew 6:13

What’s the best way to understand this phrase? Matthew 6:9-13 wrote:9 Οὕτως οὖν προσεύχεσθε ὑμεῖς· Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς· ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου, 10 ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου, γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου, ὡς ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς· 11 τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον· 12 καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα…

James 1:21

James 1:21

Jonathan Robie » February 14th, 2013, 9:33 am I have a question about ἐν πραΰτητι in James 1:21. James 1:21 wrote:διὸ ἀποθέμενοι πᾶσαν ῥυπαρίαν καὶ περισσείαν κακίας ἐν πραΰτητι δέξασθε τὸν ἔμφυτον λόγον τὸν δυνάμενον σῶσαι τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν Which clause does ἐν πραΰτητι belong to? Α. διὸ ἀποθέμενοι πᾶσαν ῥυπαρίαν καὶ περισσείαν κακίας ἐν πραΰτητι…

Romans 10:20

Romans 10:20

Romans 10:20: Are all English translations in error? Richard r.vandenhengel at hetnet.nl Sun Dec 1 04:03:27 EST 2002   Romans 10:20: Are all English translations in error? Steven Wrote:> I submit to you that no one approaching this text without a=20> preconceived (and wrong, IMO) theological notion derived from the=20> question of the relationship between…

James 5:3

James 5:3

Jonathan Robie » February 14th, 2013, 9:53 am How should I read ὡς πῦρ in this passage – like this? James 5:2-3 wrote:2 ὁ πλοῦτος ὑμῶν σέσηπεν, καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια ὑμῶν σητόβρωτα γέγονεν, 3 ὁ χρυσὸς ὑμῶν καὶ ὁ ἄργυρος κατίωται, καὶ ὁ ἰὸς αὐτῶν εἰς μαρτύριον ὑμῖν ἔσται καὶ φάγεται τὰς σάρκας ὑμῶν· ὡς πῦρ ἐθησαυρίσατε ἐν…

Philippians 1:29

Philippians 1:29

: The Biblical Greek Forum /////////////////////////////////////////// What does this text mean? Re: Phil 1:9 – το Posted: 20 Sep 2012 06:18 PM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r//~3/Z2-7PemuzdE/viewtopic.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email rhutchin wrote: What is the purpose for το in the three instances in which it is used above – linked to χριστου in each case? Would it make a difference if…

Philemon 1:4

Philemon 1:4

David Lim wrote: cwconrad wrote:Philemon wrote:4 Εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῷ μου πάντοτε μνείαν σου ποιούμενος ἐπὶ τῶν προσευχῶν μου, 5 ἀκούων σου τὴν ἀγάπην καὶ τὴν πίστιν ἣν ἔχεις πρὸς τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν καὶ εἰς πάντας τοὺς ἁγίους, 6 ὅπως ἡ κοινωνία τῆς πίστεώς σου ἐνεργὴς γένηται ἐν ἐπιγνώσει παντὸς ἀγαθοῦ τοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν εἰς Χριστόν·…

Matthew 1:19

Matthew 1:19

jonathan.borland wrote: Stephen Carlson wrote:Matt 1:19 wrote:Ἰωσὴφ δὲ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς, δίακαιος ὢν καὶ μὴ θέλων αὐτὴν δειγματίσαι, ἐβουλήθη λάθρᾳ ἀπολῦσαι αὐτήν. Third, the prosody of the verse corroborates the view that λάθρᾳ does not construe with ἀπολῦσαι. After all, αὐτήν is an unemphatic pronoun and its natural position is second within its intonation unit.…

Titus 3:5

Titus 3:5

Titus 3:5 Jim Crouch crouchjames at attbi.com Sun Jan 13 10:00:45 EST 2002   The Use of the word gold in the NT Titus 3:5 DIA LOUTROU PALIGGENESIAS KAI ANAKAINWSEWS PNEUMATOS hAGIOUIs it possible to read only one object of the preposition DIA (viz.,LUTROU) followed by two genitives of description (viz., PALIGGENESIAS KAIANAKAINWSEWS) with the…

Titus 1:12

Titus 1:12

[] Titus 1:12-13 Oun Kwon kwonbbl at gmail.com Tue Dec 8 22:33:55 EST 2009   [] Present imperative in Matt. 7:1 [] Titus 1:12-13 First, I have copied Tit 1:12-13 with some phrase and line breaks added:Titus(1:12) EIPEN TIS EX AUTWN, IDIOS AUTWN PROFHTHS, <KRHTES AEI YEUSTAI,KAKA QHRIA, GASTERES ARGAI.>(1:13a) hH MARTURIA hAUTH ESTIN ALHQHS.(1:13b)…

Matthew 28:20

Matthew 28:20

cwconrad » February 5th, 2013, 3:16 pm Text: Matt 28:19 πορευθέντες οὖν μαθητεύσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, βαπτίζοντες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος, 20 διδάσκοντες αὐτοὺς τηρεῖν πάντα ὅσα ἐνετειλάμην ὑμῖν· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν εἰμι πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ἕως τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος. Wieland Willker has put…

Ephesians 2.6

Ephesians 2:6

Ephesians 2.6, SUNEK’AQISEN >EN TO’IS … etc. inflection of the first aorist, 3 p singular, SUNEKAQISEN, whence the final nu? Inflections in Smyth, #383, p. 115, ELUSA, ELUSAS, ELUSE, with no final nu; but methinks I’ve seen that final nu often, don’t know where. Is there a rule? It’s a handy nu, with a vowel…

Titus 2:5

[] OIKOUROS in Titus 2:5 Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu Mon Jan 28 14:04:40 EST 2008   [] Patristic Lexicons? [] OIKOUROS in Titus 2:5 The following message incoming to appears to have been lost somewhere so I’m forwarding it directly to the list (Moderator, CWC).From: “Normand Joseph” <njoseph at egliseespoir.com>Date: January 28, 2008…

Peter 1:2,3

2 Peter 1:2,3

I’m struggling with the grammar of II Peter 1:2,3. To which noun, God or Jesus Christ, do the pronouns in verse 3 relate to? Normally it would be the nearest antecedent. What other issues must be considered? 2 cavri” uJmi’n kaiV eijrhvnh plhqunqeivh ejn ejpignwvsei tou’ qeou’ kaiV jIhsou’ tou’ kurivou hJmw’n. 3 JW” pavnta…

Luke 7:19

2884     TITLE  ALLON & HETERON Luke 7 19,20

ALLON & hETERON Luke 7:19,20 clayton stirling bartholomew c.s.bartholomew at worldnet.att.net Wed Mar 31 14:25:17 EST 1999   Happy Easter ALLON & hETERON Luke 7:19,20 In Luke 7:19,20 the manuscript evidence can be used in the service of NT lexical semantics. The distinction between ALLON (another of the samekind) and hETERON (another of a different…

Revelation 2:1

Revelation 2:1

[] Rev 2:1-8 Singleton, Michael (Volt)(Mike) Michael.Singleton at weyerhaeuser.com Wed Oct 24 11:36:35 EDT 2007   [] EXANASTASIS [] Rev 2:1-6 In regards to Revelation 2 and Christ’s letter to the church at Ephesus:As a little Greek, I am very interested in the flow of these verses. Itappears from the English Bible that Christ first;…