On Tue, 09 May 2000 11:49:43 -0400 Mike Sangrey writes: > Regarding chapter two, here's my thought: Chapter 2:1-2 form a > short and concise introduction to two topics, namely, the PAROUSIA > and the EPISUNAGWGH. Then 2:3-12 discuss the PAROUSIA and 2:13-15 > the EPISUNAGWGH. Paul makes a transition into chapter two with DE and > then transitions into the second of the two subjects (verse 13) also with > DE. I don't believe I've read this interpretation of 13-15 anywhere so > I guess I'm sticking my neck out; but it does appear to me as a fair > treatment of the structure of chapter two. Read it for yourself and > see if in this light you don't sense Paul describing how Jesus gathers > a people to himself. Does Paul anywhere else introduce DE as a transition marker into two subjects, discuss the first, then with a second DE transition into a discussion of the second? That would be interesting to see and would give more credence to your thesis. An equalling plausible and perhaps more consistently Pauline is the view that Paul introduces A and B with the first DE, explains both in the following verses (3-12), then transitions to something else with the next DE. Paul Dixon --- B-Greek home page: http://sunsite.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu