Rev 4.11 (breaking of Sharp’s Rule) Dave Washburn dwashbur at nyx.net Thu Jun 21 05:28:59 EDT 2001 Rev 4.9 (Double Accentuation) Rev 4.11 (breaking of Sharp’s Rule) > Revelation 4.11> AXIOS EI, hO KURIOS KAI hO QEOS hHMWN,> LABEIN THN DOXAN KAI THN TIMHN KAI THN DUNAMIN,> hOTI SU EKTISAS TA PANTA> KAI DIA…
The relevant text: καὶ σημεῖον ἔλαβεν περιτομῆς, σφραγῖδα τῆς δικαιοσύνης τῆς πίστεως τῆς ἐν τῇ ἀκροβυστίᾳ, εἰς τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν πατέρα πάντων τῶν πιστευόντων δι’ ἀκροβυστίας, εἰς τὸ λογισθῆναι [καὶ] αὐτοῖς [τὴν] δικαιοσύνην,
My question concerns the last prepositional phrase εἰς τὸ λογισθῆναι [καὶ] αὐτοῖς [τὴν] δικαιοσύνην, The first prepositional phrase used the same construction, the preposition eis with the articular infinitive. The first phrase would seem to express the purpose of God in making Abraham the father of all who believe. Should the second phrase be understood as purpose or result, or is there some overlap in the two? Should the second phrase be applied to all those who believe, or should it be construed as the first phrase with the purpose of God. If the former, unbelievers would want to believe (one supposes) for the purpose of being imputed righteousness, but the fact that they do believe indicates that as a result they are imputed righteousness.
Thanks in advance,
Statistics: Posted by ronsnider1 — July 16th, 2014, 12:04 pm
[] syntatical significance of Eph. 4:11 Clay Lin lin_clay at hotmail.com Tue May 6 15:10:00 EDT 2003 [] Greek trivia: all the letters… [] Greek trivia: all the letters… Greetings,I’m wondering of the significance of the syntax of Eph. 4:11 (MEN… DE… DE…DE… KAI).The significance lies, of course, in whether the last two elements…
