Perfect tense in 1 Cor 7:15

Steven Lo Vullo doulos at merr.com
Thu Dec 6 20:53:36 EST 2001



On Thursday, December 6, 2001, at 07:21  PM, Denny A Diehl wrote:

> Denny Diehl here
>
> The perfect tense is used in 1 Cor 7:15  DEDOULWTAI.
> I think I understand the use of the perfect tense that it
> is completed action based on past action.  However, what
> is puzzling to me is the OU "not under bondage".  How does
> OU effect the force of the perfect tense?  If the bond under
> consideration is the marriage bond, then would OU mean
> that there never was a marriage bond (which would mean
> that it couldn't be the marriage bond)?  Or would the past
> action under consideration be the desertion of the unbeliever
> thus the completed action is a result of the desertion?  Are
> there other examples of OU with the perfect tense to compare?
> I'm open for suggestions!

I thought this same question was asked just a few weeks ago, with a good 
reply from Carl Conrad.
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Steven Lo Vullo
Madison, WI




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