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God at the Center: Greek Emphatic Word Order in the New Testament

First comes firstOne of the first things competition or leading rival factions.
journalism students learn is "the Instead, he says, "God's servants we
inverted pyramid": they learn to cram all are." Similarly, the Corinthians' organic
of the most important points of their growth as Christians is because "God's
article into the opening paragraph. In field you are." Their organizational
normal English usage, the most important growth is because they are "God's
person or thing should go at the head of building."God at the centerHere is a
almost any list.Biblical Greek employs lesson for all of us. Let's get our eyes
similar usage: the most important item off of ourselves--our status, our
usually comes first in a list. And achievements, our position relative to
because, unlike English, Greek does not someone else--and return to focusing on
need word order to determine how a word Him, the one who has "rescued us out of
is used in a sentence--it has word the dominion of darkness and has brought
endings for that--it can leverage word us into the kingdom of the Son He loves,
order to indicate emphasis. The beginning in Whom we have redemption, the
and then the end of a sentence, a clause, forgiveness of sins" (Colossians
or a list is the place where the emphasis 1:13-14).Left to ourselves, we would be a
falls in Greek. Unfortunately, we lose barren field, a collapsed building. But
much of this emphasis in English God makes His chosen ones into a verdant
translations, because the translators paradisial garden, a gloriously splendid
feel forced to rearrange the words back temple. Let's give the credit to Whom it
into normal English order.Good example of belongs.Want to go deeper?
emphatic usageConsider 1 Corinthians 3:9, If you want to explore other places
which the NIV renders, "For we are God's where "of God" (tou theou) occurs in an
fellow workers; you are God's field, emphatic, first position, look up these
God's building." A more literal rendering verses. You will see how in these
would be: "God's fellow workers we are; instances also, the emphatic word order
God's field you are, God's building." of the original does not survive the
Paul is making a triple emphasis that we translation process. Acts 12:22
almost completely lose in English: God is Romans 13:4 (twice)
the important One, not what we are or 1 Corinthians 1:24 (twice)
what you are. [TOP]The context bears out 1 Corinthians 2:7
this emphasis. The Corinthian Christians 1 Corinthians 6:9
are wrangling about whose group is the 2 Corinthians 6:4
best, the one that claims Paul, or that 2 Corinthians 11:2
one that names Apollos, or Cephas 2 Corinthians 11:7
(Peter), or Christ (see 1:10-12). Ephesians 2:8
Apparently, the Corinthians are in danger Hebrews 6:5
of splitting into competing factions or James 1:1
sects, each thinking of themselves as 1 Peter 2:16
superior to the others. Perhaps their 1 Peter 4:14
fellowship is deteriorating so much that 1 Peter 4:17 (2nd time)
they are discounting their rival factions 2 Peter 3:5
and even writing them off as no longer 2 Peter 3:12
members of God's kingdom. Whether that Jude 4Here are two more instances, using
has happened yet, they certainly seem to "Jesus our Lord" (1 Corinthians 9:1) and
be moving in that direction.Paul's "of the Lord" (1 Corinthians 10:26),
antidote to this sectarian poison is quoting Psalm 24:1. (The Hebrew has the
pointing all of them to God. He notes same emphatic word order.
that he and Apollos are not in




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