[B-Greek] 2 Cor 5:21
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sat Dec 27 20:15:23 EST 2008
No, θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ [QEOU EN AUTWi] will never be "God in Christ." It will always be θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ [QEOU EN AUTWi]. :-)
Seriously though (since I really do understand your question), the object of the verb ἐγνώκαμεν [EGNWKAMEN] is Χριστόν [XRISTON] and the object of the preceding prepositions ὑπὲρ [hUPER], ἐν [EN], and διὰ [DIA] (other than the two instances of ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν [hUPER hUMWN]) is Χριστοῦ [XRISTOU] or Χριστῷ which must be considered to be the referent of αὐτῷ [AUTWi].
Never attempt to read the text on the basis of what your theology might want.
george
gfsomsel
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From: "knpraise at comcast.net" <knpraise at comcast.net>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 7:24:15 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] 2 Cor 5:21
My theology wants " . . . . θεου εν αυτω " to say " . . . . God in Christ (by implication).
Impossible ?
John Smithson
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