From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Mon Dec 04 2000 - 06:19:18 EST
At 11:25 PM -0600 12/3/00, Steven R. Lo Vullo wrote:
>On 12/3/00 9:06 PM, Mark Wilson wrote:
>
>> Perhaps seeing the Future used as a "logical consequence." If you get X
>> done, Y must follow. Almost as we learn in Logic:
>>
>> If A then B
>> A
>> Therefore B
>
>Hi Mark:
>
>I think EN AUTOIS as a modifier of ZHSETAI needs to be taken into
>consideration in this regard. I take the phrase in an instrumental sense
>("by them"), since in the context the antithesis is between obtaining
>justification and life "by faith" (EK PISTEWS, v. 11) and "by law" (note EN
>NOMWi in v. 11, which is roughly parallel to EN AUTOIS in v. 12). So I think
>the thought differs from that of consequence. Rather, the one who is
>successful in *performing* the works of the law will live *by means* of
>them. Perfect obedience to "all that is written in the book of the law" (v.
>10) is viewed as the means by which life is secured, rather than a fact of
>which life is a consequence.
Yes--d'accord, if Mark was waiting for an answer from me. I agree with this.
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