Rom 1:1 KLHTOS APOSTOLOS

Steven Craig Miller scmiller at www.plantnet.com
Fri Apr 7 13:15:03 EDT 2000


To: the participants of the Biblical-Greek list,

I would like to elaborate on my earlier message. KLHTOS is used three times 
at Romans 1:1-8.

(a) KLHTOS APOSTOLOS,
(b) KLHTOI IHSOU CRISTOU, and
(c) KLHTOIS hAGIOIS.

The RV translated these passage as:

(a) "called to be an apostle";
(b) "called to be Jesus Christ's"; and
(c) "called to be saints."

I wonder if they might be translated as:

(a) "a called one, an apostle";
(b) "Jesus Christ's called ones"; and
(c) "sacred called ones."

The above translation takes KLHTOS as a substantive rather than an 
adjective. What do you think?

-Steven Craig Miller
Alton, Illinois (USA)
scmiller at www.plantnet.com




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