[B-Greek] Eph. 2.8-10

Doug Hoxworth doughoxworth at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 10 17:55:47 EST 2005


><Adam>
>From what I have learned so far, coupling EIMI with
the perfect participle would put a great deal of
emphasis on the continuous nature of salvation. Most
translations seem to emphasize the inception of
salvation, but it seems to me that it would be more
accurate to say something like "by grace you stand
saved"  or the more wooden "by grace you remain as one
having been saved through faith."  Is the rookie
missing something, or is this accurate?

<doug>
yes, it's inaccurate. this is a periphrastic
construction.

Present of EIMI + Perfect Participle = Perfect Finite
Tense

therefore the traditional translations are just fine.

Doug Hoxworth
Luther Rice Seminary

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