From: Scott Duvall (DUVALL@alpha.obu.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 25 1996 - 14:01:49 EST
Perry,
On your second question--the function of hina in Phil. 2.2--the
alternatives might help. There may be more than three, but this
will give a start.
First, the hina clause (with the present subjunctive) could
function as the direct object of an implied imperative form of
parakalo (see Vincent, ICC, 54; Silva, 103). The clause then provides
the content of the implied exhortation.
Second, you might be looking at an imperatival hina (cf. Eph. 5.33; 2
Cor. 8.7) with the clause functioning as a command (see Porter,
Verbal Aspect, 331, who lists this as a possibility).
Third, the hina clause may modify the main verb plerosate and provide
the means by which Paul's joy might be made complete (see Moule,
Idiom Book, 145-146). I would tend to favor the last alternative as
do the NIV and NASB.
Hopes this helps,
Scott
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