Corpus-Paul

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Sheila, I think the context of this passage is dealing
with dietary issues and not people per se, hence the
emphasis on "eating" (Rom.14:15-17) Best regards, 
Tony Costa, M.A.


On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 13:47:59 -0400, "Sheila E. McGinn,
Ph.D." wrote:

> 
> The following is a query from an interested party who
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> Thanks. Sheila McGinn
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AF5693 AT aol.com [mailto:AF5693 AT aol.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 2:45 PM
> To: smcginn AT jcu.edu
> Subject: Re: Translation
> 
> Dear Professor McGinn:
> 
> I would very much appreciate if you could answer a
> question on Romans 14:14.
> 
> The Greek of this is: <<oida kai pepeismai en kuriôi
> Iêsou hoti ouden koinon
> 
> di' heautou: ei mê tôi logizomenôi ti koinon einai,
> ekeinôi koinon. >>. Many
> 
> Greek manuscripts, including the Majority text has
> "autou" rathar than
> "heautou" 
> after the word "di".
> Could this verse possibly be translated as saying that
> to consider others 
> common is common? Something like:
> I have perceived, and have been persuaded in the Lord
> Jesus, that nothing is
> 
> common for him, if not him being regarded to be
> somewhat (or to some degree)
> 
> common, for that (one) is common.
> or maybe;
> I have perceived, and have been persuaded in the Lord
> Jesus, that nothing is
> 
> common for him, if not the reasoning to be somewhat
> common, for that (one)
> is 
> common.
> or maybe;
> I have perceived, and have been persuaded in the Lord
> Jesus, that nothing is
> 
> common for him, if not him regarding to be someway
> common for that (one) is 
> common.
> 
> Thank you!
>  
> Albert