로마서 3장 21-26절의 바울의 칭의론 새로 읽기

Abstract

The thesis of this paper is a new attempt to read Romans 3:21-26, the key phrases clarifying Paul’s doctrine of justification, breaking away from the traditional perspective. The paper has analyzed the phrases, based on the biblical text and its context, summarizing the major arguments related to Paul’s justification. ‘The righteousness of God’ was interpreted as God’s declaring righteousness, while regarding its noun and genitive as nomen actionis and genitivus auctoris. ‘The faith of Christ’ was construed as Christ’s faithfulness shown by his obedience, while regarding its genitive as subjective. ἱλαστήριον was translated as a sacrifice of the mercy seat. ‘Pistis’ was studied in the light of the concept of relationality, as is usual in the early Roman empire, rather than the meaning of propositional belief. It was argued that in justification, the major confrontation was not between action and faith, but between Law and Christ. Based on the above arguments, in the conclusion, Romans 3:21-26 was newly translated.