[B-Greek] Rom 8:10 TO DE PNEUMA ZWH

Nikolaos Adamou nikolaos.adamou at hotmail.com
Sun Oct 19 10:05:12 EDT 2008


In the authentic Greek Orthodox text, whenever Πνεῦμα is capitalized whenever is referred to the Holy Spirit, as in Rom 8:9, and not whenever it is, πνεῦμα as in Rom 8:10.
In Rom 8:10 the emphasis is in σῶμα - πνεῦμα in humans, since the basis is ὑμῖν - the Romans, or the Christians, our body is dead because of sin, and our spirit is life because of righteousness.
We have parallel structure:
σῶμα    - νεκρόν  - ἀμαρτία
πνεῦμα - ζωή       - δικαιοσύνη





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> From: iver_larsen at sil.org
> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:56:48 +0300
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Rom 8:10 TO DE PNEUMA ZWH
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Moore" 
> To: "Nikolaos Adamou" ; "Barry" ; 
> 
> Sent: 18. oktober 2008 20:37
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Rom 8:10 TO DE PNEUMA ZWH
> 
> 
>> I had wanted to know whether the noun ZWH could mean "alive" rather than "life" in this context 
>> since it is standing against NEKROS rather than QANATOS. But if there is a proper way to say "the 
>> spirit is alive"--TO PNEUMA ZWON--so that TO PNEUMA ZWH clearly means "the spirit is life", are 
>> the few translations that do read "the spirit is alive" (http://bible.cc/romans/8-10.htm) 
>> therefore incorrect?
>>
>> Tom Moore
> 
> Different translations reflect different interpretations, and it is not a simply issue to declare 
> some correct and others incorrect.
> 
> Romans 8:10: Εἰ δὲ χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν, τὸ μὲν σῶμα νεκρὸν διὰ ἁμαρτίαν,
> τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα ζωὴ διὰ δικαιοσύνην
> EI DE CRISTOS EN hUMIN, TO MEN SWMA NEKRON DIA hAMARTIAN,
> TO DE PNEUMA ZWH DIA DIKAIOSUNHN
> 
> Some would take PNEUMA to refer to the human spirit, and that may translate into normal English as 
> "the/your spirit is alive" even though a literal rendering would be "the spirit is life".
> 
> Others would take PNEUMA to refer to the Holy Spirit, and this may translate into "the Spirit gives 
> life" or "the Spirit is the source of life".
> 
> The grammar is simply enough, but the intended meaning is not obvious. It is easy to produce a 
> literal translation, but that does not solve the question of what it really means.
> 
> Iver Larsen
> 
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