[B-Greek] Greetings & Question

Steven Lo Vullo themelios at charter.net
Sun Oct 17 16:06:33 EDT 2004


On Oct 17, 2004, at 1:18 PM, richard pardo wrote:

> In the NASB, the word "If’ is used in the context of these gifts, 
> suggesting
>  if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are 
> tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away, 
> which places doubt on the validity, authenticity and duration of these 
> gifts.

Just a few more things.

It doesn't matter whether you use "if" or "whether" in an English 
translation. The fact is that In the Greek these clauses are 
conditional. But EI or EITE do not necessarily call anything into 
question. They are often used in the sense "if, for the sake of 
argument."

> The words in bold were added by the translators.

But they were RIGHTLY added by the translators. As I mentioned in my 
last post, it is quite common in Greek for verbs of being to be 
omitted, though understood. In English we must add them.
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Steven Lo Vullo
Madison, WI



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