[B-Greek] Gal. 3,12

George F. Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Sun Jun 27 22:38:59 EDT 2004


On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 17:42:53 -0700 (PDT) Eddie Mishoe
<edmishoe at yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> hO DE NOMOS OUK ESTIN EK PISTEWS, ALL' hO POIHSAS AUTA
> ZHSETAI EN AUTOIS
> 
> Would it be somewhat expected for the reader to
> understand this as:
> 
> hO DE NOMOS OUK ESTIN EK PISTEWS, ALL' hO POIHSAS AUTA
> ZHSETAI EN AUTOIS [EK PISTEWS]
> 
> I'm trying to figure out the implicit contrast that 
> ALLA anticipates.
> 
___________

Eddie,

Not at all.  AUTA refers back to ERGWN NOMOU.   Basically, what Paul is
saying is that if you decide to seek justification by keeping the law
then you are obliged to follow everything.

10. hOSOI GAR EC ERGWN NOMOU ESTIN, hUPO KATARAN EISIN; GEGRAPTAI GAR
hOTI EPIKATARATOS PAS hOS OUK EMMENEI PASIN TOIS GEGRAMMENOS EN TWi
BIBLIWi TOU NOMOU TOU POIHSAI AUTA.  
11. hOTI DE EN NOMWi OUDEIS DIKAIOUTAI  PARA TWi QEWi DHLON, hOTI "hO
DIKAIOS EK PISTEWS ZHSETAI
12. hO DE NOMOS OUK ESTIN EK PISTEWS, ALL' hO POIHSAS AUTA ZHSETAI EN
AUTOIS.

10. Everyone who lives on the basis of the law, is subject to a curse;
for it is written "Cursed are all who do not continue in all that is
written in the Book of the Law to do them.  
11 Thus by the law no ne is justified because "The just shall live by
faith."
12 But the Law is not of faith:  rather, "the one who does them [the
works of the Law] shall conduct his life in them [the works of the Law]

gfsomsel



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