On Ro. 3.26

Mark Wilson emory2oo2 at hotmail.com
Thu Jun 6 21:46:02 EDT 2002



Jose:

You asked:

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>Is it possible to translate EIS THN EINAI AUTOU DIKAION in Ro.3:26  "in 
>order to be able to continue"? In other words, is it possible to translate 
>the infinitive EINAI in a continuing way and then KAI,  KAI DIKAIOUNTA TON 
>EK PISTEOS IHSOU like this: "when he even/too declares righteous those who 
>are of the faith of Jesus"?  translating the participle by means of a 
>conjunctive adverb (when) and KAI as "too"or "even"?
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Can't quite make out why you have here EIS THN EINAI.

If we take this as EIS TO EINAI, then you have a basic
construct for Purpose or Result (EIS TO plus Inf.).

I would caution you NOT to link the idea of "continue" with
any Present tense FORM. If the idea of something "continuing
on" is there, it will come from the combination of lexical,
grammatical, and contextual factors. Not to rehash our recent
discussions of Verbal Aspect, but I personally do NOT see
"continuous action" inherent in Grammatical Aspect. IMhO,
no imperfective FORM denotes this.

You are translating DIKAIOUNTA as a finite verb. It is a
Pres. Act. Participle. Generally, when you see a Participle,
find the finite verb to which it is subordinate.

It is my personal conviction that the phrase "faith OF Jesus"
no where appears in the Bible for a critical, theological reason,
a reason quite inappropriate for me to mention in this forum.
I all instances, I take such phrases to be "faith IN Christ"
or "out of our faith in Christ."

I just noticed also your translation including "to be able..."
Where do you derive this from?

My thoughts,

Mark Wilson



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