Talk 28 – Justification and Related Themes (3/8) - “Three Words" - The Second Word - 3049 - λογίζομαι logizomai

Talk 28 is the fourth of six talks on Justification and related themes.

In this talk, the second of two words is examined. The word is Strongs 3049, logizomai. This verb occurs eleven times in Romans 4 and its English translation in the KJV, NKJV, and perhaps all other English versions is clearly mistaken. An accurate rendering is provided and the result of accurate renderings for both words (the first word having been looked at in the previous talk) reveals the need for a new synthesis of the doctrine of justification.

The ramifications are that huge.

Finally, as a clue to perhaps the biggest finding is that logizomai comes from the Greek LOGOS, which is a word and carries in its meaning no specification of what the word may be. Any specification must be provided elsewhere in the text. But the KJV and other versions assumed what this specification is, all the while there is no linguistic justification for doing so.