| 40. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the coordinated noun phrase kai somata epourania kai somata epigeia {καὶ σώματα ἐπουράνια καὶ σώματα ἐπίγεια | kaí somata epouránia kaí somata epígeia} ‘and heavenly bodies and earthly bodies,’ in which the repeated noun somata {σώματα | só-ma-ta} modified by the adjectives epourania {ἐπουράνια | epou-rá-ni-a} and epigeia {ἐπίγεια | epí-ge-i-a} foregrounds two classes of embodied existences. The adversative conjunction alla {ἀλλὰ | à-lla} ‘but’ introduces contrast without negating either class. The correlative pair hetera men … hetera de {ἑτέρα μὲν … ἑτέρα δὲ | hé-te-ra mèn … hé-te-ra dè} ‘one … another’ creates parallel nominal clauses: he ton epouranion doxa {ἡ τῶν ἐπουρανίων δόξα | hē tōn e-pou-ra-ní-ōn dó-xa} ‘the glory of the heavenly ones’ and he ton epigeion (doxa) {ἡ τῶν ἐπιγείων (δόξα) | hē tōn e-pi-ge-í-ōn (dó-xa)} ‘the glory of the earthly ones,’ with the second doxa understood by ellipsis. The genitives ton epouranion and ton epigeion function as possessive genitives marking spheres of existence. English supplies the implied verb “is” and renders the correlative structure as “one … another” to preserve Paul’s balanced antithesis. |