Corpus-Paul

["Stephen C. Carlson" <scarlson AT mindspring.com>]

At 10:25 AM 10/10/03 -0500, Jeffrey B. Gibson wrote:
>OU GAR EPAISXUNOMAI TO EUAGGELION, DUNAMIS GAR QEOU ESTIN EIS SWTHRIAN
>
>If memory serves (and I don't have the opportunity at the moment to
>consult any commentaries) this statement by Paul is usually taken to be
>an attempt at offering a definition of what the "gospel" **is** -- as if
>somehow this needed clarifying.

As far as I can tell (e.g. BDF § 472), that is the normal word order,
so there's nothing emphatic going on.  I suppose you could turn the
tables by controverting the claim that ESTIN is emphatic when the
word order does not support it.

Stephen Carlson


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