[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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