[B-Greek] TELOS in Romans 10:4?

Wayne Leman wayne_leman at sil.org
Tue Nov 8 20:33:31 EST 2005


Clayton, it's a good question, one for which I would like the answer also. 
As you probably already know, TELOS, according to the lexicons, can mean 
either. There is nothing in the immediate context of this verse which 
definitively points us more toward one or another. Most English versions 
simply translate TELOS here literally as "end," which doesn't begs the 
question you are asking.

Ultimately, an answer (maybe not *the* answer) is probably going to depend 
on one's hermeneutics, one's view of the meaning of TELOS or other Greek 
collocating with NOMOS elsewhere (cf. Matt. 5:17), and one's theology and 
understanding of the relationship of NOMOS to PISTIS. I suspect that the 
ultimate answer is beyond the constraints of this particular discussion 
list.

Wayne
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Wayne Leman
Better Bibles Blog:
http://englishbibles.blogspot.com

> My question is
> What is the meaning of TELOS in Romans 10:4?
>
> Does TELOS mean end as final termination with no further existence of
> the Law
> Or
> Does TELOS mean end as a goal or purpose and the Law still continues?




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