Romans 12:5b

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Jul 6 07:05:40 EDT 2001


One of the more recently neglected queries:

At 9:13 PM +0000 7/4/01, Mark Wilson wrote:
>Romans 12:5
>
>a) hOUTWS hOI POLLOI hEN SWMA ESMEN EN CRISTWi
>b) TO DE KAQ hEIS ALLHLWN MELH
>
>5b "individually members of one another"
>
>I think I can understand members "of one body."
>But members "of one another" seems awkward.
>
>How should we understand 5b? Is it providing
>additonal information from what has already
>been stated in 5a?

No, I don't think so; it's stating the corollary. Interesting to note that
the older hEKASTOI has been replaced by the more recent--KAQ hEIS--(and
modern) Greek--KAQEIS equivalent.
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
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