by admin | Oct 11, 2016 | Section Three
What follows are pro and con comments from two websites. I set the texts side by side in Greek and English translation for comparison/contrast and offer them here without comment. “There are a number of references to the book of Sirach in the New Testament. James...
by admin | Aug 30, 2012 | Paul's OT Quotes, Section Two, Septuagint Quotations
The note in the NET lists no one is declared righteous before him as an Old Testament allusion rather than a quotation. Paul Blue Letter Bible (Septuagint) NET Bible (Greek parallel text) no one is declared righteous before him Romans 3:20 (NET) οὐ δικαιωθήσεται...
by admin | Jun 16, 2012 | Less Than Sin?, Section Two
Whether sin (παραπτώματι, a form of παράπτωμα)1 is less than sin (ἁμαρτιῶν, a form of ἁμαρτία),2 was something I had to consider before concluding that 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 and Galatians 6:1-5 were covering the same subject matter. I may not have ever connected the...