[B-Greek] Fruit of the Spirit

John Fincher jcfincher at charter.net
Thu Dec 23 10:30:26 EST 2004


Eph. 5:9 does make more sense if the word is light in respect to v. 8,
and v. 11.  

John Fincher

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim West [mailto:jwest at highland.net] 
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 10:14 AM
To: John Fincher
Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Fruit of the Spirit

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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