[B-Greek] Galatians 5:4

Harry W. Jones hwjones2 at earthlink.net
Sat Feb 22 23:32:39 EST 2003



Greetings,

I would go for a conservatively literal translation myself. As for example,

 "You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by
law; you have fallen from grace",  NASB.

Best Regards,
Harry Jones


> [Original Message]
> From: Dan & Rachel King <dan_rach at ntlworld.com>
> To: Biblical Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: 2/22/03 3:19:08 AM
> Subject: [B-Greek] Galatians 5:4
>
> KATHRGHQHTE APO XRISTOU hOITINES EN NOMWi DIKAIOUSQE
>
> I would be interested in anybody's comments on this phrase - esp. to what
> extent is it indefinite or to what extent relative. The way I read it, an
> aorist after a OSTIS + present should be something like "Anyone one (of
you)
> who tries to be made righteous in the law is (as it were) already cut off
> from Christ" rather than "you, who are trying to be made righteous in the
> law are cut off from Christ" or even "have cut yourselves off from
Christ".
>
> Which is better, or is none of them any good?
>
> regards
> Dan King
>
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