[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>
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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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