[B-Greek] Col 2:17

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Sat Jan 28 10:48:16 EST 2006


For what it's worth, there was some discussion on this in July of  
2003 with subject-header: "Questions about Col 2:16+17" -- July 22-23  
and July 30. Note also the two "Correction" messages on July 30 of  
2003 that conclude that thread.

On Jan 28, 2006, at 10:08 AM, Mike Sangrey wrote:

>         ἅ ἐστιν σκιὰ τῶν μελλόντων τὸ  
> δὲ σῶμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ
>
>         hA ESTIN SKIA TWN MELLONTWN, TO DE SWMA TOU CRISTOU
>
> I'm interested in the function that the second phrase does in this
> sentence.  What I'm specifically wondering is could TO DE SWMA TOU
> CRISTOU be epexegetic of MELLONTWN.  To make this explicit, could Paul
> be saying that the "body of Christ" (ie the church) is the referent of
> "what is coming into being"?
>
> FWIW:  This appears to me to be how Paul further develops his thoughts
> in the rest of the letter.  That is, he is dismissing the problem of
> dealing with sin by throwing external rules at it, and, instead,
> replaces that modus operandi with how the church is to function (which
> involves rules, too; but they are internally driven (cf 3:12ff)).
>
> Thanks ahead of time for your help.
>
> -- 
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Carl W. Conrad
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