[B-Greek] Romans 4:1
Eddie Mishoe
edmishoe at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 26 09:54:00 EDT 2006
TI OUN EROUMEN hEURHKENAI ABRAAM TON PROPATORA hHMWN
KATA SARKA
What then shall we say, Have we found Abraham to be
our forefather according to the flesh?
I'll speculate here.
And the answer is No.
If we can understand KATA SARKA in the sense "in his
flesh" (that is, according to his own effort, or
better still, according to his works) then vs 11 would
complete the argument started here...
...so that he would become the father of all those who
believe but have never been circumcised (NET Bible)
[where 'believe' is faith and 'circumcised' is works]
Abraham becomes our (Gentiles) forefather on the basis
of faith, not works. I guess this would require this
section to be primarily addressed to Gentile
believers. Chapt 3 starts off to the Jews, perhaps chp
4 starts off for the Gentiles. Therefore, Abraham
becomes the forefather for BOTH the Jew and Gentile,
and as argued elsewhere, Abraham is even the
forefather to the Jews on the basis of faith.
Eddie Mishoe
Pastor
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