specific acts.
1.
Sin
(
aJmartiva, hJ aJmartiva
). The singular is found (apart from 2 Thess. 2:3, where B has
ajnomiva"
) in four only of the Pauline Epistles, namely those of the second group, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, and Romans:
Cor. 15:56.
to; de; kevntron t. qanavtou hJ aJmartiva, hJ de; duvnami" th'" aJmartiva" oJ novmo"
.
Cor. 5:21.
to;n mh; gnovnta aJmartivan uJpe;r hJmw'n aJmartivan ejpoivhsen
. Cor. 11:7.
h] aJmartivan ejpoivhsa ejmauto;n tapeinw'n
......;
Gal. 2:17.
a\ra Cristo;" aJmartiva" diavkono"
;
:22. sunevkleisen hJ grafh; ta; pavnta uJpo; aJmartivan . Rom. 3-8. passim.
:21.
pa'n de; o} oujk ejk pivstew" aJmartiva ejstivn
.
Neither
aJmartiva
, nor
hJ aJmartiva
, in the singular occurs in the Epistle to the Ephesians or any of the Epistles of the Captivity, nor yet in the Pastoral Epistles.
2.
Sins
(
aJmartivai
). The plural is found in all groups of the Pauline Epistles.
(
a
) 1 Thess. 2:16.
eij" to; ajnaplhrw'sai aujtw'n ta;" aJmartiva" pavntote
.
Cor. 15:3. Cristo;" ajpevqanen uJpe;r tw'n aJmartiw'n hJmw'n kata; ta;" grafav" . Cor. 15:17. e[ti ejste; ejn tai'" aJmartivai" .
Gal. 1:4.
tou' dovnto" eJauto;n uJpe;r tw'n aJmartiw'n hJmw'n
.
(
b
) Col. 1:14.
th;n a[fesin tw'n aJmartiw'n
. Eph. 2:1.
nekrou;" toi'" paraptwvmasin kai; tai'" aJmartivai" uJmw'n
.
(
c
) 1 Tim. 5:22.
aJmartivai" ajllotrivai"
.
:24. tinw'n ajnqrwvpwn aiJ aJmartivai provdhloiv eijsin, proavgousai eij" krivsin, tisi;n de; kai; ejpakolouqou'sin .
Tim. 3:6. gunaikavria seswreumevna aJmartivai" .
. The word aJmavrthma occurs 1 Cor. 6:18 pa'n aJmavrthma o} eja;n poihvsh/ a[nqrwpo" , Rom. 3:25 dia; th;n pavresin t. progegonovtwn aJmarthmavtwn , and Rom. 5:16.
The verb
aJmartavnein, aJmartei'n
is used by St Paul as follows:
(
a
) 1 Cor. 6:18, 7:28, 36, 8:12, 15:34. Rom. 2:12, 3:23, 5:12, 14, 16, 6:15.
(
b
) Eph. 4:26
ojrgivzesqe kai; mh; aJmartavnete
.
( c ) 1 Tim. 5:20. tou;" aJmartavnonta" ejnwvpion pavntwn e[legce .