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- From: "Jeffrey B. Gibson" <jgibson000 AT home.com>
- To: Corpus-paul <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Gal 2:17
- Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 11:06:43 -0500
John Lupia wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Oct 2001 11:06:30 -0400, Corpus-paul wrote:
>
> > > To all,
> > >
> > > Gal. 2:17 But if (while)seeking to be made right in Christ, we were
> > > found also ourselves (to be)sinners, then (is)Christ (the) servent of
> > > sin?
> > >
> > > Question: How are they found to be sinners? Does he mean "We are
> thought
> > > of as sinners (by those who don't agree that all Christians can eat
> > > together) because we eat with Gentiles? Or is it something else.
> >
>
> St. Paul is demonstrating that every human person regardless of their
> religious affiliation is a sinner under the law. Jewish practice sought
> justification through following Judaic teachings of doing good works and
> keeping separate from non-Jews or the uncircumcised Gentiles.
Shades of what E.P. Sanders and others demonstrated was the "lutheran
stereotype" of
first century Judaism! I wonder if you have evidence to back up this claim
about
Judaism and justification?
Yours,
JG
--
Jeffrey B. Gibson, D.Phil. (Oxon.)
1500 W. Pratt Blvd.
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e-mail jgibson000 AT home.com
-
Gal 2:17,
Billy LeJeune, 10/09/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Gal 2:17, moon-ryul jung, 10/14/2001
- Re: Gal 2:17, John Lupia, 10/14/2001
- Re: Gal 2:17, Jeffrey B. Gibson, 10/14/2001
- Re: Gal 2:17, John Lupia, 10/14/2001
- Re: Gal 2:17, Loren Rosson, 10/15/2001
- Re: Gal 2:17, Billy LeJeune, 10/15/2001
- Re: Gal 2:17, Karl P. Donfried, 10/15/2001
- Re: Gal 2:17, Jeff Krantz, 10/16/2001
- Re: Gal 2:17, Loren Rosson, 10/16/2001
- Re: Gal 2:17, Doug Chaplin, 10/16/2001
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