[B-Greek] "monon" - I Cor. 15:19
Awohili at aol.com
Awohili at aol.com
Tue Mar 27 15:20:28 EST 2007
It would appear that among ancient translators of the Greek, Jerome also
understood it this way:
Si in hac vita tantum in Christo sperantes sumus...
as well as the anonymous 3rd century Sahidic Coptic scribes:
*eSJe Hrai Hm peiwnH mmate ennaHte Hm pecristos*
In English, both say "in this life only."
Solomon Landers
In a message dated 3/27/2007 3:07:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
gfsomsel at yahoo.com writes:
EI EN ZWHi TAUTHi EN XRISTWi HLPIKOTES ESMEN MONON, ELEEINOTEROI PANTWN
ANQRWPWN ESMEN
Anthony is correct that the thought here requires that MONON refer to "in
this life." You will note that what we have is the protasis of a conditional
sentence with a prepositional phrase which functions adverbially (EN ZWHi
TAUTHi) to define the limits of when one hopes. Similarly, MONON functions as an
adverb and refers back to the adverbial prepositional phrase. The following
verse sets up the contrast
NUNI DE XRISTOS EGHGERTAI EK NEKRWN …
george
gfsomsel
" The one loving his soul will lose it, and the one hating his soul in this
world will find it, for life forever."
–- Coptic John 12:25
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