Grammar of romans 9:5

ὧν οἱ πατέρες καὶ ἐξ ὧν ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα > ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων > Θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀμήν.

Two different ways of taking ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων are generally discussed.


(1) ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων is a participle phrase with the participle functioning substantivally, and starting a new sentence.


(2) ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων is functioning attributively, in the second attributive position (ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων); in other words there is an attributive use of the participle here.

IMHO option (2) is highly unlikely.

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