The article: Rom 13:7, Rom 16:17, Eph 1:11

Jonathan Robie (jwrobie@mindspring.com)
Sun, 19 Jan 1997 19:26:49 -0500

I'm beginning to notice that the article is used in a lot of ways I don't
quite understand. As a result, I've started reading what the grammars have
to say about it. I'm still stumped by some uses that I see, e.g.:

Romans 13:7 APODOTE PASIN TAS OFEILAS, TWi TON FORON TON FORON, TWi TO TELOS
TO TELOS, TWi TON FOBON TON FOBON, TWi THN TIMHN THN TIMHN.

Or how is TOUS used in the following?

Romans 16:17 ... SKOPEIN TOUS TAS DIXOSTASIAS KAI TA SKNADALA PARA THN
DIDAXHN hHN hUMEIS EMAQETE POIOUNTAS

This may well be similar to another example that stumped me recently. How is
TOU used in this?

Eph 1:11 EN hOi KAI EKLHRWQHMEN PROORISQENTES KATA PROQESIN TOU TA PANTA
ENERGOUNTOS KATA THN BOULHN TOU QELHMATOS AUTOU

There seems to be a lot more to the article than I used to think!

Jonathan

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