[B-Greek] Rom. 5,7
Mark Lama
markosl80 at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 28 12:02:28 EDT 2004
Eddie Mishoe <edmishoe at yahoo.com> wrote:
MOLIS GAR hUPER DIKAIOU TIS APOQANEITAI
hUPER GAR TOU AGAQOU TACA TIS KAI TOLMAi APOQANEIN
(For rarely will anyone die for a righteous person,
though for a good person perhaps someone might
possibly dare to die.)
Am I understanding this correctly? The author is
saying that it would be very rare for someone to be
willing to die for a DIKAIOU/righteous person. But, 7b
suggests that someone would be 'more likely' to die
for a AGAQOU/good person. Why does this seem to say
that a person is less likely to die for a righteous
person and perhaps every so slightly but more willing
to die for a good person?
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Eddie Mishoe
Pastor
Eddie, I don't see a problem here, or an opposition between DIKAIOU and AGAQOU. Rather I think that Paul is saying that it is just possible (TACA KAI TOLMAi) although rare and exceptional (MOLIS) that a human being would die for the sake of a good (DIKAIOS or AGAQOS) man, but that the unthinkable--dying for the godless and sinful (ASEBEIS and hAMARTWLOI)--is exactly what Christ has done, proving God's exceptional love for humanity.
CARIS SOI KAI EIRHNH,
Mark Lama
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