[B-Greek] Rm 6:8 any ellipsis?
Oun Kwon
kwonbbl at gmail.com
Sat Sep 18 00:24:50 EDT 2010
First let me copy here
Rm 6:6
τοῦτο γινώσκοντες,
ὅτι ὁ παλαιὸς ἡμῶν ἄνθρωπος συνεσταυρώθη,
ἵνα καταργηθῇ τὸ σῶμα τῆς ἁμαρτίας,
τοῦ μηκέτι δουλεύειν ἡμᾶς τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ:
Rm 6:7
ὁ γὰρ ἀποθανὼν δεδικαίωται ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας.
Rm 6:8
Εἰ δὲ ἀπεθάνομεν σὺν Χριστῷ,
πιστεύομεν ὅτι καὶ συζήσομεν αὐτῷ:
My concern is v. 7
hO GAR APOQANWN DEDIKAIWTAI APO THS hAMARTIAS.
1. Is this statement a general axiom? Is it more likely something of a
parenthetical comment in Paul's argument as NET fn says?
2. What is the sense of DIKAIOW APO THS hAMARTIAS? (e.g. Does death
solve the problem of sin of a person?)
3. Or, should I see something of an ellipsis here, to read the verse
as "hO GAR APOQANWN SUN CRISTWi, ~ " which is repeated in the next
verse?
Thank you so much,
Oun Kwon.
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