The word alone in Romans 3:28

Christopher Hutson crhutson at salisbury.net
Mon Aug 24 20:20:42 EDT 1998



Thanks, Jim,

for the correction.  I don't know why I wasn't seeing it before.  I
followed Luther right up the garden path.

XPIC

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Christopher R. Hutson
          Hood Theological Seminary
          Salisbury, NC  28144
crhutson at salisbury.net
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Jim West wrote:


>>On Mon 24 Aug 98 (02:17:08), mathew3830 at aol.com wrote:
>>>I would like to know
>>> if there is any justification for including the word alone in
Romans
>>> 3:28.  If there is, what would that justification be?  Is it based
>>> primarily on interpretation?
>
>
>No- there is no textual justification for including "allein"- Luther
here
>(and in several places) simply allowed his theology to influence his
>translation.
>
>Thus, yes, "alone" is an interpretative move.
>
>




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