[B-Greek] 1 Cor 1:26

Jim West jwest at highland.net
Thu Mar 17 08:56:35 EST 2005



Carlton Winbery wrote:

>
>
> I would agree with Kerry that this context calls for the imperative 
> use. The use of the vocative to address them directly, the context 
> where Paul is clearly directing their attention to an observable fact, 
> and the fact that the indicative would be much weaker as a statement 
> than the imperative. Clearly Paul is saying, "Consider your own 
> calling, brothers and sisters, how that . . ."
>
> Carlton Winbery
>

How does the translation show it imperative in sense?  The greek is 
ambiguous, the indicative is fairly simple to render into english, but 
if it is imperative, how can a translator indicate that?

-- 
Jim West

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