[B-Greek] 2 Tim 2:15

Charles Rempel CharlesR at mygalaxyexpress.com
Sun Mar 20 18:03:04 EST 2005


Hello,

Why Paul uses aorist in the begining of 2Tim 2:15? I would understand the
verse the way, that Timothy sould countinually be eager. As far as I know
aorist refer to a single act.

With love,
Bendeguz from Hungary

Paul says, "Be eager (aorist imperative) to present (aorist infinitive)
yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman, keeping-on-a-straight-course
(present participle) the message of truth."  The aorist tense in v. 15 is
really only expressing that Timothy should be eager to present himself
approved to God-it says nothing about that being a one-time decision or an
ongoing action.

Ben

Benjamin Pehrson
Translation Advisor
Aitape West Translation Project
Papua New Guinea

Could this not also be classified as an ingressive aorist? It would then be
a command from Paul to Timothy to enter into this condition of eargerness
and maximum effort.

Charles D. Rempel
30 year student
Without Portolio




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