[B-Greek] 1John 2:27 - Indicative or Imperative

Elizabeth Kline kline-dekooning at earthlink.net
Thu Sep 22 14:41:09 EDT 2005


On Sep 22, 2005, at 9:41 AM, Gary & Lynn O'Neal wrote:

> I have a question about the tense of MENETE in 1 John 2:27
>
> Grammatically, this could be either an Imperative or an Indicative.

1JOHN 2:27 KAI hUMEIS TO CRISMA hO ELABETE AP' AUTOU, MENEI EN hUMIN  
KAI OU CREIAN ECETE hINA TIS DIDASKHi hUMAS, ALL' hWS TO AUTOU CRISMA  
DIDASKEI hUMAS PERI PANTWN KAI ALHQES ESTIN KAI OUK ESTIN YEUDOS, KAI  
KAQWS EDIDAXEN hUMAS, MENETE EN AUTWi.

This looks like the only place in the GNT where KAQWS is followed by  
an indicative which is followed by an imperative within the same  
sentence. Actually it appears to be the only place where KAQWS is  
followed by an imperative within the same sentence. Including some  
other other comparatives found in near by semantic domains didn't  
produce any more data. (e.g., KAQA, KAQWS, KAQO, KAQAPER, KAQWSPER,  
hWSAUTWS, hWSPER, hWSPEREI, hWS, hWSEI).

The LXX had some examples see  KAQWS EPOIHSEN POIHSATE AUTHi below

JER. 27:15 KATAKROTHSATE EP' AUTHN PARELUQHSAN hAI CEIRES AUTHS  
EPESAN hAI EPALXEIS AUTHS KAI KATESKAFH TO TEICOS AUTHS hOTI  
EKDIKHSIS PARA QEOU ESTIN EKDIKEITE EP' AUTHN KAQWS EPOIHSEN POIHSATE  
AUTHi

Elizabeth Kline







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