Rom 1:1 KLHTOS APOSTOLOS

Mr. Gary S. Dykes yhwh3in1 at lightspeed.net
Tue Apr 11 13:59:58 EDT 2000


On 04/10/00, "Carlton Winbery <winberyc at speedgate.net>" wrote:
> 
> KLHTOS is an adjective. APOSTOLOS is a noun. Does not the adjective here
> modify the noun even though it does have the article? I gain some insight
> from thinking that Paul is distinguishing his office by saying, "(I am) a
> slave of Christ Jesus, a called apostle who is set apart for the gospel of
> God." The idea of called in the adjective is a passive idea so that anyone
> reading it would clearly understand that Paul is claiming that God called
> him. The stronger statement defending his apostleship in Gal. 1:1 is
> probably not far from his mind. His office is as a "called (by God)
> apostle" and not one from men or through a man but . . .
> 
> 
> Dr. Carlton L. Winbery
> Foggleman Professor of Religion


Additional comments by Dykes:

Yes, the above is ceretainly possible, seeing it as an adjective-noun 
combination, as others do. But like DOULOJ at Romans 1:1 - refer the 
Winbery and Brooks p. 7, it can also be functioning in apposition.

APOSTOLOJ can certainly be an adjective, or a noun, though it is rarely 
described in the literature as an adjective, it can certainly function as 
one, in that it describes a noun (akin to simple apposition).

Syriac scribes in translating I Cor. 1:1, added a conjunction between "(a) 
sent one" and "(a) called-one", thus linking them in their minds. In Romans 
1:1, we have 3 nominatives, each functioning in the same manner as 
nominatives in opposition. Also a I Cor. 1:1, papyrus 61 MAY omit "called" 
along with 02, 06, and 0151, and the Latin d. For KLHTOJ minuscule 1875 
actually reads DOULOJ.

Your proposal is certainly better than adding a "to be" as in some English 
translations. Am I correct in suggesting that like "DOULOJ" that both 
"KLHTOJ" and APOSTOLOJ" can be either a noun or an adjective? I know what 
the literature says, along with nearly all known dictionaries, but I want 
your personal input.


Thanks,

Mr. Gary S. Dykes
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