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  • From: Ronald Troxel <rltroxel AT facstaff.wisc.edu>
  • To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Gal 1:16 and Rom 1:19
  • Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 08:21:30 -0500



For what it&rsquo;s worth, Rom 1:19, in speaking about another divine revelation, uses language similar to the EN + dative of indirect object in Gal 1:16.

Rom 1:19 &ndash; TON GNWSTON TOU QEOU FANERON ESTIN EN AUTOIS,
HO QEOS GAR AUTOIS EFANERWSEN

>Note how the second clause uses simply AUTOIS without the preposition, underscoring the point made previously that the EN EMOI of Gal 1:16 is equivalent EMOI alone (with perhaps more emphasis).

Ron
Again, context is virtually everything. v. 20 (connected with *gar*) makes it plain that the content of this "revelation" is the created world. Thus, *en autois* does not refer to a private, internal revealtion, but what is evident "in their midst" (en autois = among them). *autois* has a different function, serving as the indirect object of *ePanerWsen*.

Ron
Ronald L. Troxel, Ph.D.
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