1 Pet. 1:1-2 PETROS APOSTOLOS IHSOU CRISTOU EKLEKTOIS PAREPIDHMOIS DIASPORAS PONTOU, GALATIAS, KAPPADOKIAS, ASIAS KAI BIQUNIAS, KATA PROGNWSIN QEOU PATROS EN hAGIASMWi PNEUMATOS EIS hUPAKOHN KAI hRANTISMON hAIMATOS IHSOU CRISTOU, CARIS hUMIN KAI EIRHNE PLHQUNQEIH. Jim wrote: I think that grammatically this could go either way--they could be in apposition, or EKLEKTOIS could be modifying PAREPIDDHMOIS. The other occurences of EKLEKTOS in 1 Peter (2:4, 6, 9; each used as an adj.) lead me to favor an adjectival understanding in this verse. I don't think that "the modification seems unnecessary" because without it the letter would be to all PAREPIDDHMOIS, not just those who are chosen/elect. I would say that PAREPIDDHMOIS is modified by KATA PROGNWSIN, so that the recipients could take courage that their sojourning was not haphazard, but rather according to the foreknowledge of God. For the recipients, who were experiencing various degrees of persecution, this would have been a real comfort. Jonathan Boyd Ankeny, IA ________________________________________________________________ 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