| 32. Linguistic Exegesis The clause begins with the coordinating conjunction kai {καί | kaí} linking this address to Paul’s departure, followed by the temporal phrase ta nyn {τὰ νῦν | tà nŷn} ‘as things now stand.’ The verb paratithemai {παρατίθεμαι | paratíthemai} ‘I entrust’ takes hymas {ὑμᾶς | hymâs} ‘you’ as its direct object. Two coordinated dative phrases, tō theō {τῷ θεῷ | tôi theō̂} ‘to God’ and tō logō tēs charitos autou {τῷ λόγῳ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ | tôi lógō tēs cháritos autoû} ‘to the word of His grace,’ identify the recipients of the entrustment. The articular participle tō dynamenō {τῷ δυναμένῳ | tôi dynaménō} ‘to the one who is able’ qualifies that word and governs the aorist infinitives oikodomēsai {οἰκοδομῆσαι | oikodomêsai} ‘to build up’ and dounai {δοῦναι | doûnai} ‘to give.’ The object of dounai is tēn klēronomian {τὴν κληρονομίαν | tēn klēronomían} ‘the inheritance,’ and the prepositional en tois hēgiasmenois pasin {ἐν τοῖς ἡγιασμένοις πᾶσιν | en toîs hēgiasménois pâsin} ‘among all who have been sanctified’ broadens the scope. The single-sentence flow retains the progression from Paul’s entrustment to the efficacy of divine grace and the communal promise. |