Thursday, April 18, 2024

BDAG on δικαιοω in 1 Corinthians 6:11 being causative (transformative)

  

In the context of 1 Cor 6:11 ἐδικαιώθητε means you have become pure.—In the language of the mystery religions (Rtzst., Mysterienrel.3 258ff) δικαιοῦσθαι refers to a radical inner change which the initiate experiences (Herm. Wr. 13, 9 χωρὶς γὰρ κρίσεως ἰδὲ πῶς τὴν ἀδικίαν ἐξήλασεν. ἐδικαιώθημεν, τέκνον, ἀδικίας ἀπούσης) and approaches the sense ‘become deified’.

 

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