Gal 2:20 - to the Son
Mike Sangrey
mike at sojurn.lns.pa.us
Sun Apr 30 07:44:55 EDT 2000
Bill Ross <wross at farmerstel.com> said:
> 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"
I usually take Romans 1:17 as dual meaning. The reason for my thinking is
APOKALUPTETAI EK PISTEWS EIS PISTIN. I think of EK PISTEWS as the doorway of
faith we step *out* of leading *into* the hallway of faith. My thinking is
Paul takes a clause hO DE DIKAIOS EK PISTEWS ZHSETAI which by itself would be
ambiguous and by adding the previous clause, succinctly captures two major
doctrines--justification and sanctification.
FWIW,
--
Mike Sangrey
mike at sojurn.lns.pa.us
Landisburg, Pa.
There is no 'do' in faith, everywhere present within it is 'done'.
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