Ephesians 1:13
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Aug 25 07:25:40 EDT 1999
At 3:28 PM +1000 8/25/99, Richard A. Creighton wrote:
>EN hW(i) KAI hUMEIS AKOUSANTES TON LOGON THS ALHQEIAS, TO EUAGGELION THS
>SWTHRIAS hUMWN,
>EN hW(i) KAI PISTEUSANTES ESFRAGISQHTE TW(i) PNEUMATI THS EPAGGELIAS TW(i)
>hAGIW(i)
>
>I'm trying to work out how the two halves of this verse relate to each
>other [ie "EN hW(i) ... hUMWN" and "EN hW(i) ... hAGIW(i)"]. Is Paul
>describing the same thing from two different perspectives? Is he
>describing two consecutive events? What are the options?
Must it not pretty clearly be two consecutive events--or at any rate,
phases in the process of reception of God's grace? Successful hearing of
the gospel results in faith and reception of the seal of the promised Holy
Spirit. I don't really see any other option.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics/Washington University
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