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1 Cor 3.5
Posted: November 17th, 2011, 8:38 am
by Alan Patterson
τί οὖν ἐστιν Ἀπολλῶς; τί δέ ἐστιν Παῦλος; διάκονοι δι' ὧν ἐπιστεύσατε, καὶ ἑκάστῳ ὡς ὁ κύριος ἔδωκεν.
The final phrase needs some clarification and I'm wondering how others take it. What is the antecedent of ἑκάστῳ? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Re: 1 Cor 3.5
Posted: November 17th, 2011, 9:11 am
by Jonathan Robie
Alan Patterson wrote:τί οὖν ἐστιν Ἀπολλῶς; τί δέ ἐστιν Παῦλος; διάκονοι δι' ὧν ἐπιστεύσατε, καὶ ἑκάστῳ ὡς ὁ κύριος ἔδωκεν.
The final phrase needs some clarification and I'm wondering how others take it. What is the antecedent of ἑκάστῳ? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I read it like this:
διάκονοι δι' ὧν ἐπιστεύσατε
servants through whom you have believed
καὶ ἑκάστῳ ὡς ὁ κύριος ἔδωκεν
to each (of you) as the Lord has given
Re: 1 Cor 3.5
Posted: November 17th, 2011, 9:42 am
by cwconrad
Jonathan Robie wrote:Alan Patterson wrote:τί οὖν ἐστιν Ἀπολλῶς; τί δέ ἐστιν Παῦλος; διάκονοι δι' ὧν ἐπιστεύσατε, καὶ ἑκάστῳ ὡς ὁ κύριος ἔδωκεν.
The final phrase needs some clarification and I'm wondering how others take it. What is the antecedent of ἑκάστῳ? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I read it like this:
διάκονοι δι' ὧν ἐπιστεύσατε
servants through whom you have believed
καὶ ἑκάστῳ ὡς ὁ κύριος ἔδωκεν
to each (of you) as the Lord has given
I would prefer to understand the antecedent of ἑκάστῳ as implicit in διάκονοι; i.e. Apollos and Paul are διάκονοι inasmuch as that status and function has been conferred upon each of them.
Re: 1 Cor 3.5
Posted: November 17th, 2011, 9:49 am
by Jonathan Robie
cwconrad wrote:I would prefer to understand the antecedent of ἑκάστῳ as implicit in διάκονοι; i.e. Apollos and Paul are διάκονοι inasmuch as that status and function has been conferred upon each of them.
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks.
Re: 1 Cor 3.5
Posted: November 17th, 2011, 7:55 pm
by timothy_p_mcmahon
The sense seems to be something like "ministers through whom you believed, to each of whom the Lord gave a ministry." Paul's Greek appears a bit elliptical here.