[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?
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Jim West
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