From: Rev. John M. Sweigart (jsweiger@cswnet.com)
Date: Mon Dec 08 1997 - 23:20:15 EST
Hello Wes:
I don't think that the translation is legitimate that you mentioned. The
passage under consideration is being controlled by Romans 6:14 where it
says that "sin shall not have dominion over you (pl.). For you are not
under law but under grace." Now as James Arminius noted there is a hidden
premise in this statement and that is: Sin shall have dominion over those
under law. Therefore in 6:15-23 we have a discussion of what it means to
be "under grace"; in 7:1-6 Paul proves that we are "not under law"; finally
in 7:7-25 he shows that sin shall have dominion over those under law even
though the law is good. In the close context 7:4 says the we are "dead to
the law." Death breaks all legal relationships.
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> From: Wes Williams <Wes.Williams@cybermktg.com>
> To: b-greek <b-greek@virginia.edu>
> Subject: Romans 7:6 - Discharged APW TOU NOMOU. "This aspect of" NOMOU?
> Date: Monday, December 08, 1997 9:37 PM
>
> I just completed the most highly nuanced discussion over the keeping of
the
> law I think I will ever have. Our discussion finally centered on Romans
> 7:6. Someone produced the following paragraph in defense of the
translation
> of Romans 7:6 as "We have been released from this aspect of the Torah." I
> would appreciate your comments as to the propriety/ plausibility of
> inserting the words "this aspect of" between APW and TOU NOMOU.
>
> I cannot see it since the next verse (v. 7) cites the tenth commandment
as
> part of the NOMOU from which Christians are released, and not a different
> NOMOU or aspect of the NOMOU.
>
> I would appreciate a focused discussion on the text itself.
>
> Sincerely,
> Wes Williams
>
> JNT Commentary, p. 376
>
> 6 Because Yeshua paid the penalty for our disobedience to the Torah,
death,
> *we have been released* (KATARGEW, as in v.2) *from this aspect of the
> Torah,* the aspect of it which causes unbelievers to produce "fruit for
> death" (v. 5). The phrase, "this aspect of," is not in the Greek text; I
> have added it because believers have _not_ been released from _every_
> aspect of the Torah, as explained below and in v.4N. In v.3 the phrase,
> "that part of," is likewise not in the Greek text, yet it is obviously
what
> the text means, since the death of a woman's husband does not free her
from
> obedience to other aspects of the Torah. The present verse is analogous
in
> this regard.
>
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