Dear b-greekers, IWANNOU A 4:8 states: hO MH AGAPWN OUK EGNW TON QEON, hOTI hO QEOS AGAPH ESTIN. I have a question with reference to the second clause. Is there any place in Greek literature prior to John's letter in last quarter of the 1st century A.D. where the specific statement hO QEOS AGAPH ESTIN is made? Is there anything close to it? How about other ancient languages before the 1st century A.D.? Or is this John's unique expression? Richard Ghilardi -- qodeshlayhvh@juno.com New Haven, CT USA Nibai kaurno hwaiteis gadriusando in airtha gaswiltith, silbo ainata aflifnith: ith jabai gaswiltith, manag akran bairith. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.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