CHAPTER 7 Defining Evangelizing - Evangelism Unlimited

410 Evangelizology
I have taught
you
Je vous ai
enseigné
Fr. New
Geneva
(1976)
at. Verbs dealing with carrying or taking up:
1) Two cognates of di,dwmi:
(76) metadi,dwmi (5 NT uses) – impart, share, give:
1 Thess 2:8, “Having thus a fond affection for you, we were well-pleased to impart to you not
only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us”
For I have
communicated
to you
Car je vous ai
communiqué
Fr. Darby (1859)
(77) paradi,dwmi (121 NT uses) – hand over, deliver, betray; give (over); pass down:
1 Cor 15:3, “For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died
for our sins according to the Scriptures”
Various Translations of pare,dwka in 1 Corinthians 15:3
I told you
Contemporary
English Version
(1995)
For I passed
on to you
Holman
Christian
Standard
(cf. NIV; NLT;
NET)
I brought you For I deliuered
[as a package] vnto you
ie vous ay
baille;
ie vous ay
baillé; je vous
ai baillé*
Fr. Lefevre
(1530),
Louvain
(1550),
Geneva (1669)
English
Geneva (1560);
KJV; ASV;
RSV; NAS;
NKJ; ESV
I transmitted
to you
Je vous ai
[donc]
transmis
French
Jerusalem
Bible (1973);
French Le
Semeur (1992,
1999)
I handed on
to you
New
American
Bible (1901)
The tradition
I handed on
to you
English New
Jerusalem
Bible (1985)
*Hence the 16 th Century Bible colporteurs were called in French “portebaille” [carriers of packages]; which is consistent with 2 Chron
30:6, 10, the “posts” or “couriers” of King Hezekiah who delivered the plea of invitation to Passover from the king.
1 Cor 11:2, “Now I praise you because you remember me in everything, and hold firmly to the
traditions, just as I delivered them to you” (cf. 1 Cor 11:23)
78) evpe,cw (5 NT uses), often translated “holding forth” (KJV) or “holding fast” (Tyndale) in
Phil 2:[15]-16, also translated hold toward, aim at; fix one’s attention; take pains; notice;
stop, stay:
Phil 2:15-16 (KJV), “among whom ye shine as lights in the world; Holding forth the word of life”
The punctuation between the verses also seems to have been changed from a comma (Geneva,
Bishops) to a semi-colon to a period
Likewise, the verse break changed between the French Geneva and English Geneva, as the
French Geneva has verse 16 begin after the word “life”
It seems like there has been a desire by some to divide these two phrases, likewise rendering the
word in as non-evangelistic a way as possible
One cannot help but notice in the translations of this word in Phil 2:16, especially following precedent
of the Nova Vulgata (shrewdly revised during Vatican II), that this phrase is viewed less and less
in an evangelistic manner (see chart below):