The Orthodox Study Bible: Reconciliation part 1
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THE ORTHODOX STUDY BIBLE, NEW TESTAMENT AND PSALMS (1993) Saint Athanasius Orthodox Academy, Nashville, Tennessee, Thomas Nelson Publishers.Glossary: Reverend John W. Morris, PhD
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'Reconciliation The removal of hostility and barriers between humans and God, and between individuals, accomplished by God (Rom. 5:11; 2 Cor 5:18-19). (805)'
From New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Romans 5: 11
11 And not only this, but [a]we also celebrate in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. Footnotes (a) Romans 5:11 Lit also boasting
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καταλλαγὴν
reconciliation
N-AFS
Noun, Accusative, Feminine, Singular, my add. The accusative is usually connected to the direct object, but has some other uses. The reconciliation of we to God, in Romans 5: 11.
2 Corinthians 5: 18-19
18 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their wrongdoings against them, and [a]He has [b]committed to us the word of reconciliation. Footnotes (a) 2 Corinthians 5:19 Lit having (b) 2 Corinthians 5:19 Lit placed in us
Bible Hub: 2 Corinthians 5: 18
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καταλλάξαντος
having reconciled (who reconciled from NASB)
V-APA-GMS
Verb, Aorist, Participle, Active-Genitive, Masculine, Singular, my add.
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'What does the aorist active tense in Greek mean? 1. aorist - a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation.'
Aorist and active meaning. There is an action of reconciliation that took place in the past, but the results continue in the present. Those regenerated (John 3, Titus 3: 5, 1 Peter 1: 23) having been reconciled by the applied atoning work of Jesus Christ, his resurrection and the future resurrection of believers. Those persons in Christ has been reconciled through the salvific, gospel work of Jesus Christ to God (Romans, Galatians, Hebrews). The Genitive, is the reconciliation of us from God and to God.
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'Participles are fundamentally verbal adjectives. They indicate action as do verbs. But they also modify nouns. Consider the word "walking" in the following sentence: The man walking down the street lost his car.'
God having reconciled.
Bible Hub: 2 Corinthians 5: 18
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καταλλαγῆς
of reconciliation
N-GFS
Bauer states here that καταλλαγῆ, more specifically καταλλαγῆς in context is 'the word of reconciliation' in 2 Corinthians 5: 18 (414). Similar to Romans 11: 15 (414). Although I noted that it is technically, καταλλαγὴν.
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To be continued. A frustrating, but educational part 1, with all the Blogger deletions and errors while writing!
BAUER, WALTER (1979) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, Translated by Eric H. Wahlstrom, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press.
STRONG, J. (1890)(1986) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, Burlington, Welch Publishing Company.
