γαρ in Rom 5.7 Steven Lo Vullo themelios at earthlink.net
Sun Oct 14 17:54:31 εδτ 2001
hOTI in Rom 5.8 ρεμα θεου Hi again:Rom 5.7 contains two occurrences of γαρ. Both are tagged as explanatoryconjunctions in Accordance. Does the second instance simply introduce aclause parallel to the first clause introduced by γαρ, or is there adistictive usage involved?– Steven Lo VulloMadison, ωι
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γαρ in Rom 5.7 Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org
Mon Oct 15 04:57:50 εδτ 2001
ρεμα θεου παντεσ In Mt.26:27 > > Hi again:> > Rom 5.7 contains two occurrences of γαρ. Both are tagged as explanatory> conjunctions in Accordance. Does the second instance simply introduce a> clause parallel to the first clause introduced by γαρ, or is there a> distictive usage involved?> —> > Steven Lo Vullo> Madison, ωιγαρ clauses are not parallel. The second clause further elaborates a word ora topic from the previous clause. (There are 2-3 instances in the γντ wherethe preceding clause is parenthetical, and in that case the γαρ connects toa word in the clause before the parenthesis).Although the basic function of γαρ is explanatory, this needs to beunderstood in a sense wider than just logical. γαρ introduces furthersupport for what has just been said and builds up background information.In Rom 5:6-8 the first γαρ in v. 6 picks up on the topic of “love of God”from v. 5. β. 6 then says that this love of God is shown by Christ who waswilling to die for sinners/unrighteous people. The γαρ in 7a then picks upon the topic “dying for an unrighteous person” and says that in normal lifeyou wouldn’t even expect a person to be willing to die for a righteousperson. The second γαρ picks up on μολισ (scarcely) and says that maybe onewould be willing to die for a specially good man. So, it is a furthercomment on 7a. But both of these background comments set the scene for v. 8that repeats and emphasizes that Christ did die for us unrighteous people,and this truly demonstrated the character of Christ’s love. It was by Christdying for unrighteous people that God demonstrated his love for us. Thiskind of love is highlighted by the contrast to the highest form of humanlove.Iver Larsen
ρεμα θεουπαντεσ In Mt.26:27