[B-Greek] James 2:18

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Thu Aug 11 10:17:08 EDT 2005


On Aug 11, 2005, at 7:22 AM, John Fincher wrote:

> I am troubled by the word order in English translations of James 2:18.
> It sounds exactly opposite of how it should read.  “Yea, a man may  
> say,
> Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy  
> works,
> and I will shew thee my faith by my works.”  Could it be read thusly?
>
> “A certain person will say (that another) man has faith, and I (James)
> have works…”
>
> If you could clarify this, I would appreciate it.

If you were looking at the Greek text, you'd see that there can be no  
misunderstanding of this:

ALL' EREI TIS: SU PISTIN ECEIS, KA'GW ERGA ECW: DEIXON MOI THN PISTIN  
SOU CWRIS TWN ERGWN, KA'GW SOI DEIXW EK TWN ERGWN MOU THN PISTIN.

The antithesis of the SU/EGW in the cited part after ALL' EREI TIS   
is unmistakable.


Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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