| 5. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the correlative construction hos men {Ὃς μὲν | hós mèn} ‘one person indeed’ and hos de {ὃς δὲ | hós dè} ‘another but’, a balanced pair of clauses presenting two alternative patterns of evaluation. In each clause, the verb krinei {κρίνει | krí-nei} functions as the main predicate, taking the object hemeran {ἡμέραν | hē-mé-ran} ‘day’, with the prepositional phrase par’ hemeran {παρʼ ἡμέραν | par hē-mé-ran} ‘above day’ forming a comparative idiom that implies preference for one day over another. The second clause intensifies the contrast with pasan hemeran {πᾶσαν ἡμέραν | pâ-san hē-mé-ran} ‘every day’, depicting a non-discriminating stance toward days. The shift to the nominative hekastos {ἕκαστος | hékas-tos} ‘each person’ introduces a summarizing exhortation that applies the principle to every believer. This subject is followed by the prepositional phrase en tō idio noï {ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ νοῒ | en tôi idíō no-ï} ‘in his own mind’, highlighting individual responsibility and personal discernment located in the inner faculty of thought. The passive imperative plērophoreisthō {πληροφορείσθω | plē-ro-pho-reís-thō} ‘let him be fully convinced’ softens the command into an exhortation yet still urges believers to reach settled conviction internally rather than imposing their evaluation of days on others. English word order slightly rearranges the clauses to make the contrast between the two “persons” clear, while preserving the repeated verb and the inclusive summary with “each one.” |