Ephesians 1:6 - EIS EPAINON DOXHS THS XARITOS AUTOU

Jonathan Robie (jwrobie@mindspring.com)
Fri, 17 Jan 1997 15:58:04 -0500

I'm wondering about the difference between the genitive with the article and
without the article.

Eph 1:6 - EIS EPAINON DOXHS THS XARITOS AUTOU
Eph 1:12- EIS EPAINON DOXHS AUTOU

Is there any change in meaning if I start adding/subtracting definite
articles here? I'll try to concoct some examples (I'll use lots of genitive
here to make sure I don't create a nominative absolute by mistake ;-> ):

1. EIS EPAINON DOXHS THS XARITOS AUTOU
2. EIS EPAINON THS DOXHS THS XARITOS AUTOU
3. EIS EPAINON THS DOXHS XARITOS AUTOU <- ungrammatical, right?
4. EIS EPAINON DOXHS XARITOS AUTOU

Are versions 1, 2, and 4 equivalent in meaning? Are they all grammatical? Am
I right in assuming that version 3 is not grammatical?

Jonathan

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