[B-Greek] TA PAQHMATA... TA... ENHRGEITO EN TOIV MELESIN HMWN

Dean Kalmantis deankal at hol.gr
Fri Aug 27 19:20:56 EDT 2004


Hello,

I am having some trouble with the following text from Ro 7:5:

TA PAQHMATA TWN AMARTIWN TA DIA TOU NOMOU ENHRGEITO EN TOIV MELESIN 
HMWN EIS TO KARPOFORHSAI TW QANATW

English translations usually render this as: THE PASSIONS OF SIN WERE 
WORKING IN OUR MEMBERS THROUGH THE LAW FOR THE BEARING OF FRUIT UNTO 
DEATH.

If sinful passions caused the KARPOFORIA, shouldn’t “working” 
(ENHRGEITO) be active? Wouldn’t it be better to have said TA PAQHMATA 
TWN AMARTIWN TA DIA TOU NOMOU ENHRGOUN EN TOIV MELESIN HMWN EIS TO 
KARPOFORHSAI TW QANATW?

Or perhaps is there another way to understand this verse?

Dean Kalmantis




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