Romans 15.18-19

Mark Goodacre M.S.GOODACRE at bham.ac.uk
Tue Jul 13 06:17:45 EDT 1999


Rom 15.18-19:

OU GAR TOLMHSW TI LALEIN hWN OU KATEIRGASATO 
XRISTOS DI EMOU EIS hUPAKOHN EQNWN, LOGWi KAI ERGWi, 
EN DUNAMEI SHMEIWN KAI TERATWN, EN DUNAMEI 
PNEUMATOS [QEOU].

NIV, RSV and NASB all translate with something like this: "I will not venture 
to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in 
leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done . . ."  I am 
interested in this "except" clause.  Surely the most natural reading is not "I will 
not dare . . . except" but rather "I will not dare to speak of those things which 
Christ has not done through me . . ."  Is there any justification for the standard 
translation?

Thanks

Mark

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