[b-greek] Re: Romans 1:16

From: Glenn Blank (glennblank@earthlink.net)
Date: Sat Apr 06 2002 - 18:30:34 EST



Glen Naftaniel wrote,

>> 1) How do we know that the power (DUNAMIS) is the predicate
>>nominative and 2) that ESTIN refers back to EUAGGELION?

Mark Wilson wrote,

>I think you are attempting to understand
>this in the following manner:
>
>"I am not ashamed of the gospel. For God's power is...."
>
>As you can see, this doesn't work since there is no complete
>predicate. More specifically:
>
>For God's power is ___________ resulting in salvation...

Would it not be possible that the prepositional phrase itself is functioning
as the predicate? Giving this sense:

"For God's power is unto salvation."

compare John 1.18; 1 Cor 14.22; Jam 5.3; Mat 19.5, for a few examples of
where the predicate following a form of EIMI is a prepositional phrase
rather than a substantive.

Thus, Glen's parsing would be

{<DUNAMIS QEOU> (subject)} {ESTIN (copula)} {<EIS SWTHRIAN> (predicate)}

versus Mark's parsing, where the predicate is the noun phrase

DUNAMIS QEOU EIS SWTHRIAN

and the copula inserted into the noun phrase.

So how do we know which it is?

glenn blank
Pensacola FL



 



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