Re: Rom 6:19 and doula

• To: "KENNETH D. LITWAK" <klitwak@vnet.ibm.com>
• Subject: Re: Rom 6:19 and doula
• From: Richard Wevers <weve@ursa.calvin.edu>
• Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 08:32:47 -0400 (EDT)
• Cc: B-greek@virginia.edu
• In-Reply-To: <9405042326.AA14229@Calvin.EDU>

On Wed, 4 May 1994, KENNETH D. LITWAK wrote:

>    In Rom 6:19, Paul wrote mele doula.  If doula is a plural adjective,
> and means "slavish, subject to", how can we explain translating
> (there's that issue again) the phrase "members as slaves" instead of
> the more literal "slavish members".  I have never seen the latter
> in a translation but I can't explain grammatically how we would reach
> the other rendering.  Thanks.
> 
This is a predicate adjective, not attributive, and hence the translation.

Richard F. Wevers
Calvin College

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