1 Cor. 10:13

April Vanbibber avanbibber at juno.com
Wed Jul 26 07:31:47 EDT 2000


Christopher R. Hutson wrote:
> For your inference about endurance, you
> would have a stronger case if the passage
> actually mentioned endurance.

Jay Adkins wrote:
>Did I miss something here?  Louw & Nida : 
>hUPOMONH, HS f :  capacity to continue to bear up under difficult 
>circumstances - `endurance, being able to endure.'

The text reads hPENEGKEIN. Wigram's Analytical Lexicon refers back to
hUPOFERW, which Thayer's defines specifically with reference to 1 Cor.
10:13 as "to bear by being under, bear up (a thing placed on one's
shoulders), to bear patiently, to endure." Thayer also cites 2 Tim. 3:11
OIOUS DIWGMOUS hUPHNEGKA, KAI EK PANTWN ME ERRUSATO hO KURIOS "which
persecutions I endured, and the Lord delivered me." In this passage it is
clear that Paul both bore up under the persecution and was later
delivered after having endured. In light of this, I would understand 1
Cor. 10:13 to be expressing the encouragement that we are able to endure
(TOU DUNASTHAI hUPENEGKEIN) because we know the Lord will provide the way
out (THN EKBASIN).


I am inclined to receive Mr. Hutson's conclusion about the articular
infinitive in the genitive; however, Thayer cites "endure" as a workable
translation for hPENEGKEIN. 


April Van Bibber
Lytle Creek, California



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