GINWSKW plus Perfect Tense

Mark Wilson emory2oo2 at hotmail.com
Wed Oct 11 01:44:53 EDT 2000



Throughout 1st John, John uses the Perfect Tense of GINWSKW. A commentary I 
am reading insists that this should be translated "come to know."

Although he does state that the Perfect Tense is not a past tense, but 
indicates the current state attained based on a past action, I am having a 
hard time understanding his "come to know."

I think many on this list have preferred the emphasis to fall on the state 
reached, as in: "are in a state of knowing [him]."

To me, "come to know" has a repetitive sense. To "come to know" seems to 
imply an often repeated process of getting to know him more and more until 
at last a state of knowing him is attained. How does the Perfect zero in on 
this process? Does not the Perfect simply show the final outcome, as it 
were?

Thank you,

Mark Wilson





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