2 Thess. 3:10--MH + Present Imperative = Stop That?

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Nov 24 06:45:36 EST 1998


At 7:32 PM -0600 11/23/98, Edgar Foster wrote:
>Dear B-Greekers,
>
>I am still wrestling with the significance of present imperatives. One
>such example is 2 Thess. 3:10:
>
>EI TIS OU QELEI ERGAZESQAI MHDE ESQIETW.
>
>Can this verse rightfully be translated as a command to stop doing a
>certain action? I.e., "if anyone isn't willing to work, let him STOP
>eating."

I don't really see any alternative, unless you understand "he is not to
continue eating" or "he is not to go on eating" to mean something different
from "he is to stop eating." I rather think these all point to the same
thing.

Carl W. Conrad
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