Corpus-Paul

[Jim West <jwest AT Highland.Net>]

At 10:02 PM 4/21/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Can any Greek Scholars help me with some examples of Paul's use of the
>terms ZOE and/or BIOS?

Paul uses zoe 26 times (in the 7 authentic epistles).  He uses bios not even
1 time in the authentic epistles.  If one were to assign 1 and 2 Tim to him
(which no one does, do they?) the word is used 2 times.
(no computer program for counting here--- i just used something that us
older guys have- its called a concordance!).

Paul, then, never uses bios.  To comprehend his use of zoe you might want to
read the TDNT article on that word.

>
>When will one do and not the other? and what are the differences?

Since he never uses bios- this is a moot question.

>
>Is either term used in relation to immortality mentioned in 1 Tim 6:16?

Since Paul didn't write the Pastorals, the question doesnt hold.
Nevertheless, the text here is <gk>athanasian</gk>- literally "deathless".
The "alpha privative" attached to the phoneme "thanatos"= death.

>
>Many thanks
>
>Chris

best,

Jim

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