The Lawless Roman Citizen Paul or the Torah Keeping Jewish Rabbi Shaul

The Pic might be meme material but understanding Paul's writings is No Laughing matter - it is quite difficult as written by Peter (2 Peter 3:16,17) & he also said that the untaught & weak people would twist them & lead others into the error of LAWLESSNESS.

Which has happenned - just as Peter said !!!

In Greek NOMOS means LAW / TORAH. The words "under law", "not under law" etc - each is a phrase that has a distinct meaning.

Paul is writing about 3 laws. Whenever we read the verses thro the interlinear, we see that there are subtle differences in the original Greek text - between these different laws.

1. The Mosaic Laws

{HO NOMOS = THE LAW}

(God given LAWS that were kept by the Messiah)

2. The PHARISICAL Laws

{NOMOS = LAW}

(manmade laws that were added by the pharisees & law teachers of that time)

3. The Roman Laws

{NOMOS = LAW}

(in 1 or 2 passages he's referring to these laws also)

But in most English translations we find that the translators have added "THE" even to verses that didn't have "HO" (Greek word for "THE"). So it appears that Paul was always referring to "the law of Moses" - apparently not - in most places where Paul was speaking about the law & law keepers in a degrading manner - it was mostly the PHARISICAL laws (NOMOS) but often confused with the Mosaic Laws.

I've found this thumb rule to be true in 80-90% of Paul's letters - the remaining 10-20% could be because of my lack of knowledge or were lost in copy writing.

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