Re: Gal. 1:1

Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Sat, 11 Jan 1997 07:48:46 -0600

At 6:58 AM -0600 1/11/97, Thomas Biddy wrote:
>Gal. 1:1 ou ap and oude dia
>This seems to be two different points - not commissioned by a human
>group nor by a mere human authority. Can anyone expand or clarify the
>intent of the points Paul is making?

OUK AP' ANQRWPWN OUDE DI' ANQRWPOU ALLA DIA IHSOU CRISTOU KAI QEOU PATROS
TOU EGEIRANTOS AUTON EK NEKRWN

Actually, Paul clarifies this himself in the remainder of chapers 1 and 2.
But specifically, he means to say that it wasn't human beings who
commissioned him (OUK AP' ANQRWPWN) nor was it a human intermediary of
(divine) authority (OUDE DI' ANQRWPOU). Rather it was Jesus Christ himself
and God the father who raised him from the dead.

Carl W. Conrad
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