adj. or adv. in James 2:24

Moon-Ryul Jung moon at saint.soongsil.ac.kr
Sun Feb 11 21:39:47 EST 2001


Dear Mark,

[Mark]
> James 2:24
> 
> hORATE TOINUN hOTI EX ERGWN DIKAIOUTAI ANQRWPOS
> KAI OUK EK PISTEWS MONON
> 
> If an adv., should we not undertand an implied verb?
> The last phrase would then be:
> 
> "and not only (justified) by faith."
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[Moon]
Adverbs do not only modify verbs but also adjectives and adverbs.
Here adverb MONON modifies adverb EK PISTEWS. We can render as follows:

 and not (justified)  only by faith.

I think this rendering makes a better sense than yours.

Moon
Moon-Ryul Jung
Sogang Univ, Seoul, Korea



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