[B-Greek] Fruit of the Spirit
Jim West
jwest at highland.net
Thu Dec 23 10:13:48 EST 2004
At 10:04 AM 12/23/2004, you wrote:
>What is the significance between the words "FWTOS" in Ephesians 5:9 in
>NA26, and "PNEUMATOS" in the AV as compared to Gal. 5:22, where both
>NA26 and AV have "PNEUMATOS".
The scribe of Ephesians for P46 probably harmonized with
Galatians. Scribes normally harmonize. Further, scribes also tend to
change difficult readings to simpler. And, you are right, "fruit of light"
here is odd, to say the least. But note that in Eph 5 the fruit of light
is contrasted with the fruitlessness of darkness. So, just as living in
darkness (Christlessness) is fruitless, so too living in light (Christ) is
fruitful.
>Also, does the NA26 have other instances
>of this distinction (i.e. "light" instead of "spirit")? What does
>"fruit of the light" mean?
It seems to me that fruit of the light implies those things produced in
life which is in connection with the light- i.e., Christ. The 9th verse of
Eph 5 continues after the odd phrase to describe what such a life produces.
Best
Jim
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