[B-Greek] Romans 4.6,7

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Wed Jan 28 11:55:20 EST 2009


On Jan 28, 2009, at 10:16 AM, Mitch Larramore wrote:

> 4:6 KAQAPER KAI DAUID LEGEI TON MAKARISMON TOU ANQRWPOU hW hO QEOS  
> LOGIZETAI DIKAIOSUNHN CWRIS ERGWN 7  MAKARIOI hWN AFEQHSAN hAI  
> ANOMIAI KAI hWN EPEKALUFQHSAN hAI hAMARTIAI
>
> The point in v 6 is that David said that a man is blessed APART FROM  
> WORKS. And then Paul in v 7 provides the passage he has in mind to  
> prove this very point. But the passage quoted in v 7 says nothing  
> about being blessed APART FROM WORKS. David gives no indication what  
> a man has to DO (work?) to have his sins covered. What am I missing?

Certainly nothing that's expressed in the Greek. I think rather that  
4:6 expresses Paul's interpretation of the citation from Psalm 31:1.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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