Pauline eyes of the myDimind ears of the myDisoul


~*~


I suggest
that this
[see: Corpus]
'before your eyes'
suggests a platonic
'eyes of the mind,'
in which visions
are seen.


Paul's depiction here
is the implementation of
enargeia.


In any case,
the analogy between Paul's OWN vision
of the crucified Christ
and that of the Galatians
is enhanced
by the use of 'in you,'
which echoes the in me
by which Paul describes
his own experience.

-

THE
'hearing of faith'
has much been discussed.
DOES this refer to
"G*d's" act of proclamation
{which the Greek allows}
OR the human act
of hearing?


I think
that it is BOTH,
understood as a single act.
Paul exploits the very ambiguity of the Greek
in order to make
an extraordinarily rich &
multivalent
claim.


THIS 'hearing,
' because IT is 'of faith,'
I would suggest
as a hearing with the ears of the SOUL -
like the seeing with the eyes
of the MIND.

-

"G*D" declares,
and the humans hear,
in ONE soteriological {and mystical} moment
of Paul's preaching
and the Galatians' baptismal
response.


This DOUBLE motion
of "G*d's" faith AND human faith
will CONNECT the rest of this chapter
as well.
In Avraham
we find BOTH the promise,
which will be fulfilled through the coming of Mashiach/Christ
into the world,
AND the faith in the promise,
which is fulfilled by people entering into Christ
faithfully.

-

THE
beginning
AND the END
of Galatians 3
hold together perfectly,
as has already been argued,
albeit on somewhat
different grounds.
BECAUSE
the spirit is given through faith
and NOT by works of the Law,
therefore,
"THERE IS NO JEW OR GREEK
IN CHRIST,"
in Christos,
which I take to be virtually
equal in force to
"in the spirit,"
'pneumati'.
-
THE RATIO,
spirit is to flesh
as faith is to law,
is HERE made absolutely explicit,
THUS establishing the dualist movement
of Paul's thought?!
"Spirit" here
is functioning in two
VERY CLOSELY RELATED senses,
which contribute enormously to the effectiveness
of the argument.

-

ON
the other hand,
obviously, Paul is referring to
{the} Holy Spirit
which manifests itself as a gift
in the life of the Galatian community,
but, on the other hand,
he coordinates with it spirit
as one of the poles
of the dyad:

flesh ~ spirit.

-

~verliefd~
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