[B-Greek] Romans 12:1

David Bell dbell at bellconstruct.com
Fri Jul 16 13:02:46 EDT 2004


Recently, I was listening to a speaker who presented a message on Romans
12:1, claiming that since Paul used bodies (plural) and sacrifice
(singular), that the Romans were to present their bodies as a single
sacrifice only when they were assembled together.  I sensed some theological
bias in this statement because of his personal beliefs on the Holy Spirit,
but since I am a beginning Greek student, I cannot prove otherwise.

He also used 1 Cor 6:19 in the same way, stating that since "your" was
plural, and "body" singular that the Corinthian church body was the temple,
instead of the individual's body.  I have discounted this, finding several
other examples where the "your" was plural and the subject was singular.  We
do the same in English.  But I have been unable to find other examples used
in the same way as Romans 12:1.  Is this an accurate representation of the
verse?

David Bell

 




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