1 John 3:6b not quite revisited

Emory Pitts emory2002 at hotmail.com
Wed May 24 16:29:37 EDT 2000


I realize that this verse was touched on last October, but my question is of 
a different nature.

1 John 3:6
PAS hO EN AUTWi MENWN OUC hAMARTANEI
PAS  hO hAMARTANWN OUC hEWRAKEN AUTON OUDE EGNWKEN AUTON

I am trying to get a handle on the sequence (chronology) of events described 
here.

In 3:6b, I’ll assume that the perfect tense denotes its general “current 
state of affairs” resulting from a past act. If this assumption is correct, 
then could someone please indicate which act comes first:

1. PAS hO hAMARTANWN
2. OUC hEWRAKEN AUTON OUDE EGNWKEN AUTON?

Of course, I should wonder if both acts occur simultaneously.

Options:

The one who sins simultaneously enters into a state

The one who sins consequently enters into a state

The one who sins remains in a state that was previously entered into
(That is, remains in a state that the one who sins was in prior to sinning.)

It’s the "past act" of the perfects (OUC hEWRAKEN and EGNWKEN) that I am 
trying to relate to the one who sins. The one who sins does not seem to have 
a temporal reference point, which is creating a problem for me.

Thank you,

Mark Wilson

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