[B-Greek] 1 Cor 1:26

Jeffrey B. Gibson jgibson000 at comcast.net
Thu Mar 17 10:00:13 EST 2005


 

Jim West wrote:

> Jeffrey B Gibson wrote:
>
> >"Do consider your own calling ...?
> >
> >
> That still sounds indicative to me.

It has a different sense if you are British.  "Do be careful ..." is
quite different from "be careful" or "take care".  One learns that if
you hare the "do" before what might otherwise seem to be a wish, that it
is indeed a command.

> >"[I'm telling you now that you must] consider ..."?
> >
> >
> Now that sounds imperative.

And you **will** take it that way!

Jeffrey

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Jeffrey B. Gibson, D.Phil. (Oxon.)

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