I Timothy 2:15

From: Matthew Ashley Morgan (mmorgan@masters.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 18 1995 - 19:31:39 EDT


        As any serious Bible student or scholar is aware, I Tim. 2:15 stands
as one of the hardest passages to interpret, even among conservative
Bible-believing evangelicals. From what I've been able to dig up in my own
exegetical work, I have so many more questions now than before I even started:

(1) Is the verb 'sozo' to be taken in a redemptive or spiritual sense?
Why? If 'redemptive', how can we prevent an intrusion on the doctrine of
justification by faith alone?

(2) What's the best way to understand the preposition, 'dia,' and the
force implied behind it?

(3) Does the article, 'tes,' refer only to one specific 'childbearing'
(i.e. the incarnation) or to 'childbearing in general (i.e. to all women)?

(4) How are we to understand the relationship between the apodasis and
the protasis (singular vs. plural)?

etc......etc......etc.......etc.............................................
..Any other suggestion will be most helpful!

Matthew Morgan
The Master's College
21726 W. Placerita Cyn
Newhall, Ca 91322



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