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Re: Hello from Brady Huneycutt

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Hello,
I'm a newbie on the board.

Working on 1 Corinthians 11:22. The USB begins with a particle defined as "not". Did the translators supply "What" in the NASB to flesh out the entire argument of that section?

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1 Corinthians 11:22 - what?

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Huneycutt wrote: August 23rd, 2018, 1:28 pm Hello,
I'm a newbie on the board.
Welcome, Brady!

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Huneycutt wrote: August 23rd, 2018, 1:28 pmWorking on 1 Corinthians 11:22. The USB begins with a particle defined as "not". Did the translators supply "What" in the NASB to flesh out the entire argument of that section?
On B-Greek, we ask people to cite the Greek - it takes a little time to learn how we do things here, so let me supply that:
1 Cor 11:22 wrote:μὴ γὰρ οἰκίας οὐκ ἔχετε εἰς τὸ ἐσθίειν καὶ πίνειν; ἢ τῆς ἐκκλησίας τοῦ θεοῦ καταφρονεῖτε, καὶ καταισχύνετε τοὺς μὴ ἔχοντας; τί εἴπω ὑμῖν; ἐπαινέσω ὑμᾶς; ἐν τούτῳ οὐκ ἐπαινῶ.
Here's the NASB:
NASB wrote:What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.
I think the "What!" is added to make it clearly very emphatic, conveying a sense of astonishment. Here's Meyer:
Meyer wrote:μὴ γὰρ οἰκίας κ.τ.λ[1840]] γάρ has inferential force; see on Matthew 27:23; John 9:30; Acts 19:35; and Winer, p. 416 [E. T. 559]; Kühner, a[1841] Xen. Mem. i. 3. 10 : you surely are not without houses? The sense of astonishment (Hartung, Partikell. I. p. 478) is conveyed by the question, not by the γάρ.
ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες καὶ διηποροῦντο, ἄλλος πρὸς ἄλλον λέγοντες, τί θέλει τοῦτο εἶναι;
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