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The Epistle to the Churches of Galatia, With Intr. and Notes by J. Macgregor
The Epistle to the Churches of Galatia With Intr and Notes by J Macgregor Author:Paul General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1879 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: APPENDIX TO ARTICLE (IV.) ON "CONTENTS." I. The Word " Justify " (and " Righteousness "). i. It is a misfortune for us that our noble English version does not show the fact, that the appropriate Scripture word for "justify " (both in Greek -- dihaiein, and in Hebrew -- hitzdiK] is literally " make righteous;" that in Scripture the words for "justification" and "righteousness " are formed from the same root. This misfortune seems irreparable: the relative use and wont, into which our language has settled down, seems to make inadmissible the word, "justice," which the Douay version has for " righteousness." But the present note may enable the English reader to understand that any information regarding the import of the Scriptural "justification" is at the same time effectively information regarding the Scriptural " righteousness," when that righteousness is spoken of in connection with justification. This advantage the Gaelic reader obtains from the relative use of words in his Bible. The relative words in the Gaelic Bible are formed from the root flor (verum), " true." The special use thus made of /lor, in relation to justification and righteousness, is illustrated by the description of "a true man," as one in right normal relation to the community or the law ; and the idiom " making an honest woman of her," as placing her in that right normal relation. And the use, as I have said, is uniform in the present relation ; "righteousness" being represented byflreantachd, and "justify" by flreanaich, and (righteous or) justified man by flrean. 2. Etymologically, "justify" means simply to "make just." But t...« less