[B-Greek] Rom 1:16-17 & 1 Cor 1:17-18

David Bielby dbielby at bloomingtonvineyard.org
Wed Apr 9 15:38:50 EDT 2003


It seems to me there are a couple of reasons to take the following approach
to translating Romans 1:16 (amplifying Paul's meaning of EUANGELION to
specifically mean here the STAUROS or the LOGOS GAR...TOU STAUROU...    So
it could be translated "For I am not ashamed of the message of the Cross" or
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel [specifically the stigma of Christ's
criminal style death penalty on a cross]"  Often I hear gospel preachers
interchange the terms cross and gospel.  Do you suppose this is what Paul is
doing here in Ro 1:16??
 
Both passages are discussing the power of God in relationship to salvation.
Paul's use of EPAISXUNOMAI in Ro 1:16 is in reference to an event or
specific activity??  Louw & Nida slot the word into that specific area in
their semantical domain...not defined as shame in general...but shame in
reference to a specific event or activity......which I suppose the
crucifixion may likely have been the most 'embarrassing concept' to the
natural mind?
 
With these thoughts in mind, is there a tendency showing here in Paul to
interchange EUANGELION with LOGOS TOU STAUROU or EUANGELION with STAUROS in
general?
 
What do you guys think?  Am I just a loopy Pastor or is there something in
this of substance?  :-)
 
David Bielby
 
Pastor
dbielby at bloomingtonvineyard.org
www.bloomingtonvineyard.org
 


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