Rom. 8:28... adverbial or adjectival prepositional phrase?
Posted: February 17th, 2013, 6:33 pm
I have been trying to apply the lessons learned here concerning adjectival and adverbial prepositional phrases and distinguishing between the two.
If we look at Romans 8:28 we see -
A. οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν τὸν θεὸν πάντα συνεργεῖ εἰς ἀγαθόν, τοῖς κατὰ πρόθεσιν κλητοῖς οὖσιν.
Should κατὰ πρόθεσιν be treated as an adjectival prepositional phrase, describing which/what type of invitees are meant? Or as an adverbial prepositional phrase, describing how it is that they are invited? I see that the NIV translates it as adverbial.
What would be the difference in meaning between these two sentences?
A. οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν τὸν θεὸν πάντα συνεργεῖ εἰς ἀγαθόν, τοῖς κατὰ πρόθεσιν κλητοῖς οὖσιν.
B οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν τὸν θεὸν πάντα συνεργεῖ εἰς ἀγαθόν, τοῖς κλητοῖς κατὰ πρόθεσιν οὖσιν.
Would it be reasonable to regard κατὰ πρόθεσιν in the first as adjectival, and κατὰ πρόθεσιν in the second as adverbial?
Enjoy!
Παυλος
If we look at Romans 8:28 we see -
A. οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν τὸν θεὸν πάντα συνεργεῖ εἰς ἀγαθόν, τοῖς κατὰ πρόθεσιν κλητοῖς οὖσιν.
Should κατὰ πρόθεσιν be treated as an adjectival prepositional phrase, describing which/what type of invitees are meant? Or as an adverbial prepositional phrase, describing how it is that they are invited? I see that the NIV translates it as adverbial.
What would be the difference in meaning between these two sentences?
A. οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν τὸν θεὸν πάντα συνεργεῖ εἰς ἀγαθόν, τοῖς κατὰ πρόθεσιν κλητοῖς οὖσιν.
B οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν τὸν θεὸν πάντα συνεργεῖ εἰς ἀγαθόν, τοῖς κλητοῖς κατὰ πρόθεσιν οὖσιν.
Would it be reasonable to regard κατὰ πρόθεσιν in the first as adjectival, and κατὰ πρόθεσιν in the second as adverbial?
Enjoy!
Παυλος