[B-Greek] 1Cor. 15:50 SARX KAI hAIMA, 1 Jn 4:2 SARKI

Vasileios Tsialas tsialas78 at hotmail.com
Fri Mar 12 14:09:29 EST 2010


Exactly,
I totally agree with the definition of Sweizer; that is why I introduced my
thought speaking about a "monistic anthropology" (See TDNT VII:123,
124). Maybe I was not clear enough in the words I selected. 

 

To repeat in other words, when I say
"material nature in contrast to the spirit nature", I don't mean the
contrast between sinful and holy (as Paul does in other cases), but the contrast between "man and God,
earth and heaven", as Sweizer puts it  (VII:123, the terms are
reversed), that is the difference in nature, which is explored with the use of
many parallel pairs of antonyms in 1Co 15:42-50. And for Paul, earthly or
material is not bad or sinful per se (Paul was not a Gnostic for sure; See 1Ti
4:3-5), but it is mortal and weak.


To epitomize, as σαρξ for John, according the classic Hebrew
way, can mean the whole human being or nature, similarly Paul's expression, and
others' as we saw, "σαρξ και αίμα" means the same,
but in a more periphrastic way. Actually it seems to me that αίμα intensifies the aspect of human life.

Vasileios Tsialas
Athens, Greece

> From: kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:25:45 -0800
> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] 1Cor. 15:50 SARX KAI hAIMA,  1 Jn 4:2 SARKI
> 
> 
> On Mar 12, 2010, at 8:27 AM, Vasileios Tsialas wrote:
> 
> > I would like to add that it is true that
> > Paul many times uses the term σαρξ to denote the sinful state of the current human
> > nature, but this use is not catholic in his writings, and many times the
> > context shows how σαρξ should be
> > understood. Usually, σαρξ is used in a negative way in contrast with the
> > holy spirit.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > The verses I gave in my previous message
> > show clearly that the term σαρξ is not used with this negative connotation, but
> > simply refer to the material nature in contrast to the spirit nature.
> 
> I agree with the first part of this, but I am not sure about "material nature in contrast to the spirit nature". 
> 
> 
> > As far as
> > I remember, the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament explains the whole
> > case adequately. 
> 
> It does, TDNT 7:128:3-129, but Schweizer doesn't exactly agree with your analysis. On page 129 paragraph 2, he concludes "In 1 C. 15:50, then, SARX KAI AIMA denotes the whole man with all his functions."
> 
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