Gal 2:20 - to the Son
Bill Ross
wross at farmerstel.com
Sun Apr 30 00:19:34 EDT 2000
<Harold>
Bill, please check BAG (Bauer, Arndt, & Gingrich) under ZAW at definition
3. ZAW can mean "live" of the conduct of life. BAG mentions that in this
signification ZAW is used with adverbs and other modifiers. It specifically
lists EV PISTEI at Gal 2:20. You are limiting the sense of the word ZAW too
much.
<Bill>
I stand corrected on this.
One can modify ZAW and create an indiom that has the sense of "conduct".
Let me rephrase my original point:
The word ZAW primarily denotes "to live, to be posessed of vitality, to
exercise the functions of life". In many instances it appears in English to
be idiomatic but is not, resulting in important misunderstanding. Case in
point, Romans 1:17:
It is not "The just person shall conduct himself faithfully"
but rather
"He who through faith is righteous shall live"
Bill Ross
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