BIC Volume 09 Romans Lorin L Cranford Proem: San Angelo, TX 325 703 1664 Topic 10.3.2
[email protected] Rom. 1:8-15 © All rights reserved Quick Links to Study Just as the Praescriptio uses standard elements 10.3.2 Proem, 1:8-15 of the surrounding ancient Greek letter form and cre- 10.3.2.1 Thanksgiving, 1:8 atively makes them distinctly Pauline, so also does the 1 10.3.2.2 Reasons for, 1:9-15 Proem exhibit the same features. The core element of thanksgiving expression revolves around the following CONCLUSIONS structure: 10.3.2 Proem, 1:8-15 1) Εὐχαριστοῦμεν / Εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῷ, We / I give 8 Πρῶτον μὲν εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῷ μου διὰ Ἰησοῦ thanks to God, (1 Thess. 1:2; Col. 1:3) + μου, 1 Cor. Χριστοῦ περὶ πάντων ὑμῶν ὅτι ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν 1:4; Rom. 1:8; Philm. 4; Phil. 1:3) καταγγέλλεται ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ κόσμῳ. 9 μάρτυς γάρ μού 2) Εὐχαριστεῖν ὀφείλομεν τῷ θεῷ , We ought to give ἐστιν ὁ θεός, ᾧ λατρεύω ἐν τῷ πνεύματί μου ἐν τῷ thanks to God, (2 Thess. 1:3) εὐαγγελίῳ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὡς ἀδιαλείπτως μνείαν ὑμῶν 3) Εὐλογητὸς ὁ θεὸς, God be praised, (2 Cor. 1:3; Eph. ποιοῦμαι 10 πάντοτε ἐπὶ τῶν προσευχῶν μου δεόμενος 1:3) εἴ πως ἤδη ποτὲ εὐοδωθήσομαι ἐν τῷ θελήματι τοῦ 4) Χάριν ἔχω τῷ ἐνδυναμώσαντί με Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, I θεοῦ ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς. 11 ἐπιποθῶ γὰρ ἰδεῖν ὑμᾶς, ἵνα have praise to Christ Jesus who strengthened me, (1 τι μεταδῶ χάρισμα ὑμῖν πνευματικὸν εἰς τὸ στηριχθῆναι Tim.