Gal 2:20 - to the Son
Ben Crick
ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Sat Apr 29 17:58:12 EDT 2000
On Sat 29 Apr 2000 (03:12:46), suedaleg at aol.com wrote:
> I have been working on Galatians in my personal time and have come upon
> a few structure puzzles. The latest, and a stumper to me, is in 2:20.
> There we read EN PISTEI ZW THi TOU hUIOU TOU QEOU. To what does the
> article THi (dative/locative fem sing) refer? It seems to have no
> antecedent in this structure. The NKJV translates the verse as though
> it reads TWi hUIWi. I would prefer to read it :in faith I live to the
> ???? of the Son of God . . .
Dear Dale,
The short answer is that a second PISTEI coming after THi is omitted
because of its proximity to the PISTEI already there. Read as follows:
EN PISTEI ZW THi [PISTEI] TOU hUIOU TOU QEOU ktl
"I live by faith, by the faith of the Son of God, etc".
ERRWSQE
Ben
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