re: Philemon 6

From: Richard Lindeman (richlind@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Mon Mar 16 1998 - 00:02:05 EST


I see another interesting suggestion for Philemon 6 being presented in the
1957 BAG Lexicon under the entry for KOINWNIA. "that your participation in
the faith may be known through your deeds"... but looking at the text and
the textual apparatus I am not quite sure of the logic from which this
rendering comes. My only guess is that somehow ENERGHS has been tranformed
into ENERGAIS in order to make this translation possible. But I don't see
this as a variation suggested in the apparatus. Perhaps someone else here
can shed some light on this translation. Other than the textual problems
with this, there also then would arise the question of what to do with the
rest of the verse... PANTAS AGAQOU TOU EN HMIN EIS XRISTON.

Some of the things which make this verse difficult are the very things which
make it so interesting. Notice how the verbal noun of communication
PROSEUXWN is held in stasis as a noun at the end of verse four and then
explodes verbally in verse six with hOPWS. It causes me to wonder if this is
a common occurrence with verbal nouns of communication.

Rich Lindeman



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