[B-Greek] Meaning of EIS in Galatians 6:8
Oun Kwon
kwonbbl at gmail.com
Tue Jun 29 23:04:07 EDT 2010
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 6:03 PM, <phos at windstream.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 9:58 am Iver Larsen wrote:
>
>> Yes, you are right. "By means of" is not a possible translation of EIS.
>> If you look at the planting and harvesting metaphor as a whole, it makes
>> good sense to "sow in the (field of) flesh" and then to harvest
ruin/destruction
>> from that kind of sowing.
>
> In this metaphor wouldn't the flesh pertains more to that which is
sown--rather than flesh being the field--since the field has little effect
on what kind of fruit is reaped?
>
<clipped>
> Bill Barton
"Sow on to [the field of] the flesh" rather than 'sow to'.
Oun Kwon
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