Re: hOI EK PISTEWS

From: Jim West (jwest@highland.net)
Date: Sun Apr 19 1998 - 12:02:23 EDT


At 03:51 PM 4/19/98 +0200, you wrote:
>
>Dear B-GREEKers,
>
>I have some problems concerning hOI EK PISTEWS in Galatians. Should I
>understand hOI EK PISTEWS in Gal 3:7,9 as A) a separate and independent
>saying having a clear message on its own (like 'those who have faith' or
>'those who believe') or B) should I connect it with the following verb and
>related words (EISIN in verse 7 and EULOGOUNTAI in verse 9)? In verse 7
>hOUTOI seems to indicate that hOI EK PISTEWS is separate, but verse 9
>doesn't have such hOUTOI.
>
>Gal 3:7
> GINWSKETE ARA hOTI hOI EK PISTEWS hOUTOI hUIOI EISIN ABRAAM
> Know then that [only] those
> A) who have faith are sons of Abraham.
> B) who are sons because of faith are sons of Abraham.
>
>Gal 3:9
> hWSTE hOI EK PISTEWS EULOGOUNTAI SUN TWi PISTWi ABRAAM
> So that [only] those
> A) who have faith are blessed with believing Abraham.
> B) who are blessed because of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.
>
>Arto
>
>
>

See Frank Matera's excellent commentary on Galatians in the Sacra Pagina
series. He discusses this most fully.

Jim

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Jim West, ThD
Quartz Hill School of Theology

jwest@highland.net



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