De Jager
Puritan Board Junior
Good morning,
I have been investigating the warrant for singing Psalms exclusively.
I was listening to a sermon on this topic and the preacher pointed out that in the greek text, the phrase in Ephesians 5:19 is rendered psalms and hymns and songs spiritual.
He pointed out that the adjective "spiritual" could in fact modify all three nouns instead of just "songs" - that the greek grammar allows for this.
I was then reading an article against the EP position, and the author said that the adjective "spiritual" could only modify the word song, because "spiritual" and "song" are both feminine while "Psalms" and "Hymns" are masculine.
I guess my question is...which is it? Can the adjective "spiritual" be taken to modify only "songs", or all three words?
Regards,
Izaak De Jager
I have been investigating the warrant for singing Psalms exclusively.
I was listening to a sermon on this topic and the preacher pointed out that in the greek text, the phrase in Ephesians 5:19 is rendered psalms and hymns and songs spiritual.
He pointed out that the adjective "spiritual" could in fact modify all three nouns instead of just "songs" - that the greek grammar allows for this.
I was then reading an article against the EP position, and the author said that the adjective "spiritual" could only modify the word song, because "spiritual" and "song" are both feminine while "Psalms" and "Hymns" are masculine.
I guess my question is...which is it? Can the adjective "spiritual" be taken to modify only "songs", or all three words?
Regards,
Izaak De Jager