[B-Greek] 1 Peter 1:15

Jim West jwest at highland.net
Thu Dec 30 10:35:40 EST 2004


At 10:29 AM 12/30/2004, you wrote:

>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?"

I think it is a grammatical one that has theological implications.  We are, 
of course, free to discuss the grammatical aspect here but the theological 
is verboten!  ;-)

I think that grammatically, verbs that are deponent should generally be 
translated active unless there is a pressing contextual reason to translate 
them in either middle or passive.

Best

Jim


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