Type of Genitive in James 1:20

Jim West jwest at highland.net
Fri Sep 22 17:17:17 EDT 2000


At 03:50 PM 9/22/00 -0400, you wrote:
>James 1:20
>
>ORGH GAR ANDROS DIKAIOSUNHN QEOU OUK ERGAZETAI
>
>I would like some help in identifying 'the righteousness of God' in
>James 1:20:
>
>1. The phrase refers to 'the righteous status that God confers on us'
>=QEOU as subjective genitive.

no.

>
>or
>
>2.The phrase refers to 'the justice of God' =QEOU having a possessive
>force.
>

no

>or
>
>3. The phrase refers to 'the righteous activity that meets God's
>approval' =QEOU as objective genitive.
>

Yes.

>
>Which is the best way to understand the genitive phrase?
>

#3.


best

jim
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