[B-Greek] 1 Peter 1:15

Eddie Mishoe edmishoe at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 4 09:24:58 EST 2005


Charles:

You wrote:

> GENHQHTE
> 
> Matthew 6:10 'Your kingdom come. Your will be done,
> On earth as it is in
> heaven.
> 
> GENHQHTO TO QELHMA – aorist passive imperative 3s
> 
> In this prayer that the will of God be accomplished
> on earth, it is man who
> must do the will of God for the prayer to be
> answered. It is not the will of
> God which acts upon itself in order to be
> accomplished. I would suggest the
> passage remains viably passive in sense.

It seems to me, as Dr. West indicated, that this
discussion has become unproductive as far as my
involvement, but may I make a parting suggestion. Both
you and Dr. West insist upon some "acts upon itself"
understanding of the Middle Voice. I have seen a gloss
like that in Greek 101 Grammars, but I really think
both of you have enough training to see beyond that.
When you observed that that Active and Middle are very
close semantically, I thought your next statement
would be EUREKA. Anyway, best of luck to both of you
in your Greek adventures.


=====
Eddie Mishoe
Pastor


		
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