[B-Greek] Re: Romans 1:17 EK PISTEWS EIS PISTIN

Paul Toseland toseland at blueyonder.co.uk
Thu Apr 29 12:01:16 EDT 2004


I wrote,

 >Hence, it seems, Rom 1:17 may be rendered as follows:

 >'In the gospel, right relationship with God is being
 >revealed: It is a path which begins in faith(fulness)
 >and ends in faith(faithfulness); as it is written,
 >The righteous shall live by faith(fulness).'

On a little further reflection, however, faith is one
facet of covenant faithfulness, both under the old
covenant and the new; so I would rather translate
PISTIS in Rom 1:17 with 'faithfulness':

'In the gospel, right relationship with God is being
revealed: It is a matter of faithfaithfulness from
beginning to end; as it is written,The righteous
shall live by faithfulness.'

I am sure this captures Prof. Benware's intentions,
so far as the EK ... EIS idiom is concerned; I have
a feeling I may be reproducing from memory an
alternative translation due to him.

Best regards
Paul Toseland
Bristol, England




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