[b-greek] Re: James 2:1

From: Brian (brian@discoveryhills.org)
Date: Tue Jul 03 2001 - 18:17:25 EDT


On 7/3/01 11:24 AM, "Mike Sangrey" <msangrey@BlueFeltHat.org> wrote:

> Greetings Mike George and list,
    Mike, what happened to the MH? Are you assuming it rhetorically, or did
you miss it?

Thanks,
Student
Brian Swedburg
> "George Athas" <gathas@ausisp.com> said:
>> Jas 2:1 --
>> ADELFOI MOU, MH EN PROSWPOLHMYIAIS ECETE THN PISTIN TOU KURIOU hMWN
>> IHSOU CRISTOU THS DOXHS.
>
>> Question: Is it the "brethren" who trust Jesus Christ (ie, the
>> brethren have trust IN Christ), or is it Jesus Christ who trusts the
>> "brethren" (the brethren have the trust OF Jesus Christ)?
>
> I haven't checked any commentaries; however, I'll toss something on the
> table for people's consideration.
>
> Notice the rhetorical structure of this very practical text.
> Vs 1: James makes a statement regarding a particular topic
> Vss 2-4: He illustrates and applies the statement
> vs 5: He gives further explanation and justification for why the
> statement should be applied in this way.
>
> The point I'm making is that verse 5 and 1 are somewhat semantically
> parallel with verses 2-4 in the middle.
>
> Note vs 5:
> AKOUSATE, ADELFOI MOU AGAPHTOI. OUX hO QEOS EXELEXATO TOUS
> PTWCOUS TWi KOSMWi PLOUSIOUS EN PISTEI KAI KLHRONOMOUS THS
> BASILEIAS hHS EPHGGEILATO TOIS AGAPWSIN AUTON;
>
> Quickly translated as:
> Listen up, my dear friends, didn't God select those the world thinks
> of as poor to be those rich in faith and to receive the kingdom, the
> one promised to those he loves.
>
> In a world where partiality MEANT favoring the rich, God takes up the
> cause of the disenfranchised and therefore brings about a steady-state
> impartiality.
>
> Notice who the actor is (ie. the person performing the action). It's
> God. If this statement is in some sense parallel to vs 1, then we
> should expect Jesus, as God's representative--the Messiah--to be the
> actor in the earlier verse. And that the selection by God (hO QEOS
> EXELEXATO) is in some sense parallel to the faithfulness of Jesus (THN
> PISTIN TOU KURIOU hMWN IHSOU).
>
> Quickly translating verse 1, then, we have:
> My friends, in regard to impartiality, we should own for ourselves
> the faithfulness of our Lord Jesus, the glorious Messiah.
>
> The idea, I think, James is expressing is that Jesus was faithful to
> us in an impartial way, we should therefore possess, hold to,
> experience (ECW) the same thing. In some sense this parallels Paul in
> Phil. 3:10-11.


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