From: Jim Beale (beale@uconect.net)
Date: Sat Dec 13 1997 - 10:04:18 EST
Hello everyone,
I'm having trouble understanding whether believers are the
inheritance or whether they are heirs in the first chapter
of Ephesians.
Commentators and translators have taken EKLHRWQHMEN in verse
11 to mean
1. we were chosen by lot
2. we have obtained an inheritance
3. we have been made God's inheritance
My survey indicates that #2 is the most popular choice. But
how can this be since EKLHRWQHMEN is passive? Wouldn't either
#1 or #3 be preferable? Of these two, #1 seems preferable to
me in context. Am I missing something here?
In verse 14, there is no difficulty with the Greek, but there
is a problem of interpretation. I don't have a clear idea of
how "the Holy Spirit is the earnest of our inheritance" relates
to "until the redemption of the possession." Are we the heirs
or the inheritance? Or perhaps both?
Thanks!
Best,
Jim
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