[B-Greek] Romans 12:1
David Bell
dbell at bellconstruct.com
Fri Jul 16 15:46:28 EDT 2004
Thanks for the response. I totally agree with what you're saying, but your
last question was exactly what the speaker was trying to say. According to
him, what we do during the week (studying, prayers, works, etc.) is
accumulated and brought as a single sacrifice along with the other church
members when they assemble. This he "proved" through the Greek construction
used, which should "always agree in number, gender, and case unless a there
is a definite difference." Do you know of any other verses with similar
construction (not necessarily with SWMATA) which a clear individual identity
can be established from the context?
David G. Bell
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[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Harold R. Holmyard
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Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Romans 12:1
Dear David,
>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?
HH: Paul is not just talking about a certain time of the week but
rather about one's whole life. The phrase "a living sacrifice"
functions distributively. You present your body a living sacrifice; I
present my body a living sacrifice. It refers individually to all the
bodies implied in SWMATA, since each person must independently yield
himself to the Lord. Is the only time the Lord needs us the eleven
o'clock worship hour on Sunday?
Yours
Harold Holmyard
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>David Bell
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