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Jim
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| Posted 1/24/2003 5:35 AM (GMT -6) |   | Paul's Use Of Pro-Prefix Participles
(ASV) Romans 3:25 whom God set forth [to be] a propitiation, through faith, in his blood, to show his righteousness because of the passing over of the sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God;
(Greek NT - W-H ) Romans 3:25 on proeqeto o qeoV ilasthrion dia pistewV en tw autou aimati eiV endeixin thV dikaiosunhV autou dia thn paresin twn progegonotwn (perfect articular participle modifying amarthmatwn) amarthmatwn
Paul uses a perfect articular pro-prefix participle here to describe sins that had been done before the passing over (associated with faith), not sins that had been done before other sins were also done.
(ASV) 2 Corinthians 9:5 I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.
(Greek NT - W-H ) 2 Corinthians 9:5 anagkaion oun hghsamhn parakalesai touV adelfouV ina proelqwsin (aorist subjunctive verb) eiV umaV kai prokatartiswsin (aorist subjunctive verb) thn proephggelmenhn (perfect articular participle modifying eulogian) eulogian umwn tauthn etoimhn einai outwV wV eulogian kai mh wV pleonexian
Paul uses a perfect articular pro-prefix participle here to describe a bounty that had been promised by the Corinthians before the brethren which Paul was sending to them (presumably with the epistle itself) came to them, not a bounty that the Corinthians had promised before others had also promised. The aorist subjunctive pro-prefix verb “proelqwsin” (they would go before) suggests an action in which the sent brethren would engage (going to the Corinthians) before Paul himself also engaged in it. However, this is a finite verb, not a participle. The subsequent aorist subjunctive pro-prefix verb “prokatartiswsin” (they would make up before) does not suggest an action in which the sent brethren would engage (making up) before Paul himself also engaged in it. Rather, it suggests an action in which the sent brethren would engage before Paul himself also engaged in the action of the first aorist subjunctive verb (going to the Corinthians).
(ASV) 2 Corinthians 12:21 lest again when I come my God should humble me before you, and I should mourn for many of them that have sinned heretofore, and repented not of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they committed.
(Greek NT - W-H ) 2 Corinthians 12:21 mh palin elqontoV mou tapeinwsh me o qeoV mou proV umaV kai penqhsw pollouV twn prohmarthkotwn (perfect articular participle) kai mh metanohsantwn epi th akaqarsia kai porneia kai aselgeia h epraxan
Paul uses a perfect articular pro-prefix participle here to describe those Corinthians who had sinned before Paul came to them, not those Corinthians who had sinned before others also sinned.
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Jim
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| Posted 1/24/2003 5:41 AM (GMT -6) | | Part Two
(ASV) 2 Corinthians 13:2 I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so [I say] now, being absent, to them that have sinned heretofore, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;
(Greek NT - W-H ) 2 Corinthians 13:2 proeirhka kai prolegw wV parwn to deuteron kai apwn nun toiV prohmarthkosin (perfect articular participle) kai toiV loipoiV pasin oti ean elqw eiV to palin ou feisomai
Paul uses a perfect articular pro-prefix participle here to describe those Corinthians who had sinned before the time Paul identifies as “now,” not those Corinthians who had sinned before others also sinned.
(ASV) Galatians 3:17 Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.
(Greek NT - W-H ) Galatians 3:17 touto de legw diaqhkhn prokekurwmenhn (perfect participle modifying diaqhkhn) upo tou qeou o meta tetrakosia kai triakonta eth gegonwV nomoV ouk akuroi eiV to katarghsai thn epaggelian
Paul uses a perfect articular pro-prefix participle here to describe a covenant had been confirmed before the law came, not a covenant that had been confirmed before another covenant was also confirmed. Although one might argue that that is what Paul meant, it is nevertheless not what Paul wrote. Paul does not say that the law was also confirmed 430 years later. He simply says that the law came. Although one might think that this reasoning puts too fine a point on the analysis of the grammar, it is not too fine a point given that the analysis regards the explicit meaning of the grammar.
(ASV) Ephesians 1:5 having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
(Greek NT - W-H ) Ephesians 1:5 proorisaV (aorist participle modifying the inflection derived subject of exelexato [he chose] in 1:4) hmaV eiV uioqesian dia ihsou cristou eiV auton kata thn eudokian tou qelhmatoV autou
Paul uses an aorist pro-prefix participle here to describe a Person who ordained before He chose, not a Person who ordained before another person also ordained.
(ASV) Ephesians 1:11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;
(Greek NT - W-H ) Ephesians 1:11 en autw en w kai eklhrwqhmen proorisqenteV (aorist participle modifying the inflection derived subject of eklhrwqhmen [we were made a heritage]) kata proqesin tou ta panta energountoV kata thn boulhn tou qelhmatoV autou
Paul uses an aorist pro-prefix participle here to describe people who were ordained before they were made a heritage, not people who were ordained before others were also ordained.
(ASV) Ephesians 1:12 to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
(Greek NT - W-H ) Ephesians 1:12 eiV to einai hmaV eiV epainon doxhV autou touV prohlpikotaV en tw cristw
Paul uses a perfect articular pro-prefix participle here to describe those people who had hoped before being to the praise of God’s glory, not those people who had hoped before others also hoped.
Sincerely,
Jim
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