There are thought to be several hymns perhaps captured in the NT:
possibly Colossians 1:15-20, Philippians 2:6-11 and maybe 1 Timothy
3:16...
I have tried in vain to google the greek structure of these supposed
hymns. There are plenty of devotional thoughts on the meaning of the
passages, there are plenty of debates about the context of the
passages, and there are plenty of articles debating whether or not
they are actually hymns.
But I have seen very little reasoning of WHY these passages would have
been considered possible hymns in the first place. I have little doubt
that the information is out there somewhere, i just can't seem to find
it. Anyone have any knowledge of these passages structure and what
would precisely cause one to think in terms of them being a hymn?
are there certain phrasings or syllable counts or other devices that
were known to music or poetic stanzas that are applicable here?
Just for thoroughness, i'm going to include the passages and my greek
transliteration. accents are where i believe the stress falls on the
words, and the transliteration does it's best to mimic the sound of
the greek words as an english speaker might read them, granting
certain differences in the two languages. ch =3D chi, and I didn't
transliterate omicron to an ah sound, but left it as oh.
1 timothy 3:16
Hos efaner=F2the en sark=EC
edikai=F2the en pne=F9mati
=F2fthe agg=E8lois
echer=F9chthe en =E8thnesin
epistei=F9the en k=F2smo
anel=E8mfthe en d=F2xe
who was manifested in flesh
was justified in spirit
was seen by angels
was proclaimed among nations
was believed in the world
was taken up in glory
Philippians 2:6-11 [The Kenosis Hymn]
6. Has en morph=E8 theo=F9 hup=E0rchon
Ouch harpagm=F2n heg=E8sato
To e=ECnai =ECsa the=F2
7. All=E0 heaut=F2n ek=E8nosen
Morph=E8n do=F9lou lab=F2n
En homoi=F2mati anthropon gen=F2menos
Kai schemati e=F9retheis hos =E0nthropos
8. Etape=ECnosen heaut=F2n
Gen=F2menos hup=E8rkoos m=E8chri than=E0tou
Than=E0tou de staupo=F9
9. Di=F2 kai ho the=F2s aut=F2n huper=F9psosen
Kai echar=ECsato auto to =F2noma
To hup=E8r pan =F2noma
10. H=ECna en to on=F2mati Iesou
Pan g=F2nu k=E0mpse
Epouran=ECon kai epige=ECon kai katachthon=ECon
11. Kai p=E0sa gl=F2ssa exomolog=E8setai h=F2ti
K=F9rios Ieso=F9 Christ=F2s
Eis d=F2xan theo=F9 patr=F2s
Who in the form of God subsisting
Not robbery deemed it
To be equal with God
But himself emptied
The form of a slave taking
In likeness of men becoming
And in fashion being found as a man
He humbled himself
Becoming obedient unto death
Death on a cross
Wherefore also God highly exalted him
And gave to him the name
Above every name
In order that the name of Jesus
Every knee should bow
Those in heaven and earth and those under the earth
And every tongue should acknowledge that
Lord Jesus Christ
To the glory of God the Father
Colossians 1:15-20 [possible structure listed on one site showing the
parallelism]
15 Has =E8stin
Eik=F2n tou theo=F9 tau hasr=E0tau
Prot=E0takas p=E0ses kt=ECseos
16 H=E0ti
En aut=F2 ekt=ECsthe ta p=E0nta
En to=ECs ourano=ECs kai ep=EC tes ges
Ta horat=E0 kai ta a=F2rata
E=ECte thr=E0nai
E=ECte kuri=E0tetes
E=ECte arkha=EC
E=ECte exous=ECai
Ta p=E0nta di auto=F9 kai eis aut=E0n =E8ktistai
17 Kai aut=E0s estin pro p=E0nton
Kai ta p=E0nta en aut=F2 sun=E8steken
18 Kai aut=F2s =E8stin he kefag=E8 tou s=F2matas tes ekkles=ECas
Has =E8stin
Arkh=E8
Prot=E0takas ek ton nekr=F2n
H=ECna g=E8ntai en p=E0sin aut=E0s prote=F9on
19 H=E0ti
En aut=F2 eud=F2kesen pan ta pl=E8roma kataik=E8sai
20 Kai di auto=F9 apakatall=E0zai ta p=E0nta eis aut=F2n
Eirenapoi=E8sas
Dia
Tou h=E0imatas tou stauro=F9
E=ECte ta epi tes ges
E=ECte ta en to=ECs ourano=ECs
who is
image of the invisible God,
firstborn over all creation.
because
in him were created all things:
in the heavens and on the earth,
the visible and the invisible,
whether thrones
or powers
or rulers
or authorities;
all things by him and for him were created.
and He is before all things,
and in him all things hold together.
and he is the head of the body, the church;
who is
the beginning
firstborn from among the dead,
so that in everything he might have the supremacy.
because
in him was pleased to have all the fullness dwell,
and through him to reconcile to himself all things,
by making peace
through
his blood, shed on the cross.
whether things on earth
or things in heaven
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