[b-greek] The implication of OU ... ALLA in ROm 6:14

From: Harold R. Holmyard III (hholmyard@ont.com)
Date: Sun Jan 28 2001 - 08:04:43 EST


Dear Moon,

You write:

>I wonder if we can interpret Rom 6:14b
>OU GAR ESTE hUPO NOMON ALLA hUPO CARIN
>
>to mean:
>For you (Gentiles) are under Grace although you are not under Law.
>
>This interpretation was motivated by my attempt to
>understand ESTE hUPO NOMON to mean "are Law-people",
>i.e. "are the Jewish people". hUPO NOMON has such a meaning
>in many places in Paul's letters. Moreover, it is the most
>obvious meaning of the phrase. So, I would like to apply that
>meaning here as well, rather than taking it to mean "under the
>condemnation of the Law", for instance.
>
>My concern is whether the syntax allows such an interpretation.
>Let me try to paraphrase Paul along this line as follows:
>
>Paul: 6:14a Do not let sin be the master of you (Gentiles).
>Questioner: why? We (Gentiles) do not have Law, which tells not to sin.
>Paul: I know you are not under Law. But you are under Grace.
> That's why.

HH: The first problem with this view is that Paul wrote to a church that
consisted of Jews and Gentiles. He also addresses the Jews in chapter 2,
for instance. So why should he be addressing only the Gentiles in chapter
6, and what signal is there that he is doing so?

                                Yours,
                                Harold Holmyard




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