[B-Greek] 1 Peter 1:15

Norman Goos normangoos at comcast.net
Mon Dec 27 14:01:42 EST 2004


There is an aorist imperative in this verse, GENHQHTW, translated with an 
active sense - "become".  There are 8 other aorist uses of  imperatives of 
this verb in the NT (all obviously deponent) but they seem to hold mostly a 
middle or passive sense (Matt. 6:10; 8:13; 9:29; 15:28; 26:42; Acts 1:20; 
Rom. 11:9; 1 Co. 3:18) other than the last one.  Would one be justified in 
seeing this passage as more middle or passive, and less active?  By this I 
am asking if one would see only a reference to the subject's need to act as 
opposed to being passive in the situation to some degree.

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