Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
Publication Date
9-1-1968
Document Type
Article
Keywords
death, st. paul, consolation, mortal condition, parousia, eschatological, christian, corinthians
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
Commentators, lexicographers, and grammarians, almost by consensus, render έφ’ ᾠ in 2 Cor. 5:4 in a causal sense, with such variations as "because," "inasmuch as," "in view of the fact that." Exceptional is Margaret Thrall's rendering "on condition that." She paraphrases: "For indeed, we who exist in the physical body groan with weariness. (But, for the Christian, this is a legitimate attitude to our physical existence only on condition that we do not want to be divested of somatic existence altogether, but rather to be further incorporated in the Body of Christ.)" The paraphrase is obscure, but the reminder that Paul in this passage may be using έφ’ ᾠ in the old classical sense of contractual terms puts us on the right track toward the explication of a difficult passage and its context.
Disciplines
Practical Theology
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
2 Corinthians 5:4; John 16:30; Acts 24:16; 1 Corinthians 4:4; 1 Corinthians 15:12; 1 Corinthians 4:11; 1 Corinthians 4:18-5:1; Philippians 1:21; 2 Corinthians 5:1-10; 1 Corinthians 15:35-37; 1 Corinthians 15:51-54; Job 22:6; Romans 8:16;
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Danker, Frederick W.
(1968)
"Consolation in 2 Cor. 5:1-10,"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 39, Article 53.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol39/iss1/53
