[B-Greek] Meaning of EIS in Galatians 6:8

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Tue Jun 29 11:31:41 EDT 2010


On Tuesday, June 29, 2010 7:26 AM Adrian Clark wrote:

> OTI hO SPEIRWN EIS THN SARKA hEAUTOU EK THS SARKOS QERISEI FQORAN 
> hO DE SPEIRWN EIS TO PNEUMA EK TOU PNEUMATOS QERISEI ZWHN AIWNION
> 
> SPEIRWN EIS is translated in most Bibles something like 'sows to'.
> 
> But apart from this use in the Bible, I would not generally use the expression
> 'sows to' in any other context, so I don't really know what this means.

James 3:18 has a similar construction "sown in peace":

KARPOS DE DIKAIOSUNHS EN EIRHNi SPEIRETAI TOIS POIOUSIN EIRHNHN.

The Acro Bible translates James 3:18 as follows:

"And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace."


>From the context of James 3:18, "sowing in peace" is "deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom."  This is contrasted to wisdom (so to speak) that is characterized by "bitter envy and selfish ambition."

Likewise Galatians 6:18 could simply be rendered "sows in his own flesh."

As Iver Larsen has noted, such expressions are idioms.  And a literal rendering of the Greek idiom into English may be confusing because it's not how we would say it in English.


Bill Barton
layman

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