From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Sun Dec 10 2000 - 21:05:18 EST
At 7:59 PM -0600 12/10/00, Harold R. Holmyard III wrote:
>Dear Steve,
>
>LSJ lists EPEI as a conjunction, both temporal and causal. Under the
>heading causal they list the frequent meaning of "for otherwise," which
>fits Rom 3:6. Since they agree in principle with your interpretation, it
>seems merely a matter of labeling.
>
> Yours,
> Harold
I'd add that it seems to me that EPEI frequently serves the same function
as a GAR, and that Rom 3:6 is a good instance of this. Couldn't we as
easily understand the sense if it were
<PWS GAR KRINEI= hO QEOS TON KOSMON?> ?
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