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  • From: "moon-ryul jung" <moon AT sogang.ac.kr>
  • To: corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: RE: "we" and "you" in Galatians
  • Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 07:49:19 -0400


> Dear Moon,
>
> I am an amateur at this, but I'll give it a try.
>
> Moon
> I have not read Wright. So, Billy could you explain how he handles
> "you" in Gal 3:28?
>
> "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free,=20
> there is no male and female. For all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
> [PANTES GAR hUMEIS EIS EN CRISTWi IHSOU]"
>
> For this sentence to make sense, shouldn't "all of you" include
> both Jews and Gentiles in its referent? Otherwise, the predicate
> "are one in Christ" does not seem to make sense at all.
>
> Billy
> I think Wright would take it to mean "those Jews and Gentiles who are in
> Christ are one." I have not read him on this verse, but I think I am
> correct. "Present Day Jerusalem" ie. non-believing Jews or Jews in
> opposition to Paul would not be in this "one."
>

So, Wright takes "all of you" to refer to those Jews and Gentiles who
are in Christ. Fine. Then this verse is an exception to the "you"=
Gentiles scheme! So, I wonder whether Wright proposes the "we"= Jews,
"you"=Gentile
scheme.

> (2) Gal 4:5-6 is also difficult for Wright's position.
> =20
> "so that he may redeem those under the law, so that
> we may receive the sonship [hUIOQESIAN].
> Because you are sons, GOd sent the Spirit of his son into our=20
> hearts, crying "Abba Father"
>
> I don't see how "you" and "we" can be read as the same here. I see the
> part before this as showing that "We under the law were slaves" and then
> "you as pagans were slaves" but now "we" (Jews in Christ) and "you"
> (gentiles in Christ) are both sons.

I could not find any paragraph before Gal 4:5-6, which talks about
"you as pagans were slaves". Which paragraph do you have in mind?

Moon
Moon R. Jung
Sogang Univ,
Seoul, Korea
>
>
> Thanks for your comments,
> Billy LeJeune
>
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