[B-Greek] Rom 6:17b;Fronted Relative with Demonstrative Sense

yancywsmith yancywsmith at sbcglobal.net
Sun Apr 8 08:42:14 EDT 2007


Another possible use of a fronted relative with demonstrative force  
is Romans 6:17b. This one has no clearly defined antecedent. For  
context, here is 6:16-18.


6:16 OUK OIDATE hOTI hOi PARISTANETE hEAUTOUS DOULOUS EIS hUPAKOHN
DOULOI ESTE hOi UPAKOUETE, HTOI hAMARTIAS EIS QANATON H hUPAKOHS EIS  
DIKAOSUNHN

	6:17
	CARIS DE TWi QEWi

		HOTI HTE DOULOI THS hAMARTIAS							A
			hUPHKOUSATE DE EK KARDIAS							B
				EIS hON PAREDOQHTE TUPON DIDACHS				C
	6:18	ELEUQEROQENTES DE APO THS hAMARTIAS				B'
		DOULWQHTE TH DIKAOSUNHi								A'


I have phrased it to expose what I see as salient structures in  
17-18. The phrase in question is EIS hON PAREDOQHTE TUPON DIDACHS.	   
On the grounds that (1) the phrase has no clearly defined antecedent,  
(2) that 6:16-18 can function just fine without the clunky sounding  
6:17b, and (3) on other more theological grounds, several  
interpreters from Bultmann to Jewett have argued that EIS hON  
PAREDOQHTE TUPON DIDACHS in 6:17 is an interpolation, perhaps by the  
interpolator of Rom 16:17-20. Be that as it may, what is sauce for  
the goose is sauce for the gander and others have argued on  
theological grounds that the relative is masculine but not referring  
to TUPOS, rather it is referring to Jesus. I think most scholars see  
the reference to TUPON but would quibble with the interpolation  
theories and attempt to see how the phrase contributes to Paul's  
rhetoric in Rom 6.

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