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1 | Paul's word pictures | 1 Thess 4:4 | Mark108 | 102361 | ||
I had a good hard look at 1 Thes 4:4 and none of the translations seemed to fit. The key word being "skeuos" (literally "vessel") and whether it should be translated "wife" or "body". One of the commentaries I read said that skeuos could also be a nautical term implying the mast and sail. Could it be that the word "ktasthai" (to posess)could also be a nautical term? Is Paul using a word picture here? Is he telling us to trim our sails and set our course towards holiness and honour? In 2 Thes 3:6 he uses the military term "ataktos" for laziness so it appears that he does use such word pictures but my commentaries do not seem to detect it. Is there any reference that would alert me to specialist meanings of Greek words and phrases? I suspect that Paul uses more visual imagery than most any translation I have yet seen considers. |
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2 | Paul's word pictures | 1 Thess 4:4 | Morant61 | 102397 | ||
Greetings Mark108! Kittle's Theological Dictonary is an excellent resource for Greek word meanings. You can get it in a one volume condensed version, or the full 10 volume set (if you can affort it). Here is what it says about this verse: *********************************** The reference in 1 Th. 4:4 may be to the “body,” as in Greek thought, or to the “wife,” as in the Jewish euphemism. The verb may also mean either “to gain” or “to possess.” If the wife is the §û«¬vo§, then we have an exhortation either to marry as a remedy against fornication or to hold one’s wife in esteem. For Paul, who knows both Hebrew and Greek, the most likely meaning is that his readers should know how to live with their wives in sanctification and honor rather than in the lust of passion. Against the rendering of §û«¬vo§ as “body,” one may cite the context, the absence in Paul of any concept of the body as the container of the soul, and Paul’s lack of interest in an ethics centered on the body. On the other hand, a call for sanctification in marriage is wholly in keeping with both the context and Paul’s training (cf. also 1 Cor. 7:2). 1 Pet. 3:7 offers an apt commentary. Linking the marriage relationship to the ordination of both partners to their future inheritance, it gives this relationship its supreme justification and ultimate profundity. *********************************** I hope this helps! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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