[B-Greek] 1 Cor 1:26

Carlton Winbery winberycl at earthlink.net
Thu Mar 17 10:05:20 EST 2005


>Carlton Winbery wrote:
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>>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
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>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

Huh, I thought my translation above did that very well. "Consider . . 
." means "You consider . . ." All imperatives in English are second 
person and do not distinguish the singular from the plural so the 
verb alone in English can be used to "command" someone to do or think 
something. Is that what you are asking? If I say "Go," it can mean 
for a whole class to go or for a single person to go. The audience we 
assume knows itself.

I saw the exchange with Jeffrey Gibson (and I agree) before I mailed 
this but I wanted to sent my response to Jim anyway.

-- 
Carlton L. Winbery
Fogleman Professor of Religion
Louisiana College
318-448-6103
winberycl at earthlink.net
winbery at lacollege.edu



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