[B-Greek] Gal 2.16 Rom 3.2 No flesh is justified
Mark Lightman
lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Mon Feb 14 08:42:35 EST 2011
Richard asked
<I have been pretty much convinced that OU DIKAIWQHSETAI PASA SARX, should be
understood as "No one is justified" rather than as "Everyone is not justified
(some are)...Leaving theology aside, which is the better way to understand the
Greek expression linguistically.>
Hi, Richard,
Leaving politics aside, FDR was a more accomplished President than William Henry
Harrison. Leaving theology aside, this phrase does not mean "some (but not all)
are justified by works of the law."
Mark L
FWSFOROS MARKOS
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From: Richard Smith <rbs58 at comcast.net>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Mon, February 14, 2011 6:14:11 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] Gal 2.16 Rom 3.2 No flesh is justified
I have been pretty much convinced that OU DIKAIWQHSETAI PASA SARX, should be
understood as "No one is justified" rather than as "Everyone is not justified
(some are)." And that the expression was generally how the idea that "absolutely
no one" would be emphatically expressed in Greek idiom.
I was reading in David DeSilva this morning, and found this
"that basis (the basis for the universality of the Gospel message) is not Torah,
the observance of which had functioned to keep Jew separate from Gentile for a
limited time, for "all flesh shall not be justified by works of law" which only
pertains to Israel."
He seems to understand OU DIKAIWQHSETAI PASA SARX as meaning "Everyone is not
justified," that Torah had brought about two classes of people. Under Torah and
not under Torah.
Leaving theology aside, which is the better way to understand the Greek
expression linguistically.
Richard Smith
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