Romans 8:35

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Sep 9 08:26:29 EDT 2002


At 1:55 PM +1000 9/9/02, One of the McKays wrote:
>I wonder about how to translate the first word TIS in Romans 8:35
>The preceding context seems to suggest WHO, but the following verses suggest
>WHAT to me.

Text would help to envision what you're talking about: TIS hHMAS CWRISEI
APO THS AGAPHS TOU CRISTOU? QLIYIS H STENOCWRIA H LIMOS H GUMNOTHS H
KINDUNOS H MACAIRA?

I guess this is essentially a translation problem: since TIS can represent
any masculine or feminine noun and all the nouns in the list that follows
are either feminine or masculine--none of them is neuter---and all are
abstractions, you could use an English "what?" In view of the broader
context, however, you could even use "Who or what can separate us ...?" or
"Is there a person or thing that can separate us ...?"
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
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