[B-Greek] 1 Peter 1:15

Charles Rempel CharlesR at mygalaxyexpress.com
Thu Dec 30 10:29:21 EST 2004


NG wrote:
>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.

JW wrote:
At any rate, the form is passive, as already mentioned- but it is originally
a middle / passive verb and hence while passive in form it can indeed be
active in function; as it is here.

Hi Jim,

Is this distinction a theological one, or a grammatical one. It appears to
me that the grammatical evidence supports the passive meaning. On the
theological side it raises the question, "Can one make one's self holy?"

Charles D. Rempel
30 year student
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