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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 .


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