[B-Greek] How to Translate and Understand EPH HW PANTES HEMARTON in Romans 5:12?
Vasile Stancu
vstancu at clicknet.ro
Wed Jun 16 09:29:45 EDT 2010
The difficulty is, I believe, not the (possible) meaning(s) of ἐφ' ᾧ EF' hWi, but how to accomodate its meaning (whatever it is) with the idea that 'all have sinned'. And this aspect cannot be fully understood by analysing individual words/expressions only. The various explanations should be put in the context of Paul explaining that, whether born through Adam or through Christ, a person inherits the condition Adam or Christ brought, respectively.
Those who have problems understanding how a person becomes righteous by Christ's providing rigteousness for all mankind are apparently much fewer than those who have problems understanding why all people had to inherit death due to the sin of Adam; yet, in Paul's mind, these two processes are quite similar in many respects.
Vasile Stancu
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