Thank you very much for your reply. Getting other's thoughts are exactly
what I wanted so that I can be confident in my understanding. You are
right that an appeal to the theology of the writer or the whole of
Scripture is what something like this comes down to. But, since this is
only a last resort I wanted to make sure there is no grammatical evidence
supporting one idea or the other.
Again, thank you. If any one else can see anything else that may help let
me know.