[B-Greek] 1 Cor 5:5 SWQHi: aorist subjunctive

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sat Jun 10 09:05:24 EDT 2006


hINA + subj indicates purpose.  It says nothing regarding whether that purpose will be effectuated.
   
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"Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu> wrote:
  Forwarded (reformatted) for: "Patrick Casanova" 

Date: June 10, 2006 4:04:36 AM EDT

Text: ... PARADOUNAI TON TOIOUTON TWi SATANAi EIS OLEQRON THS SARKOS, 
hINA TO PNEUMA SWQHi EN THi hHMERAi TOU KURIOU.

In corinthians 5:5 Paul refers to a man being handed over to satan 
for the destruction of his flesh "so that his spirit may be saved". 
The Greek has "spirit" but then immediately has the verb "to save" in 
the subjunctive mood. Should we take that to mean that the man's 
spirit may or may not be saved, that it's only a possibility? I 
thought the subjunctive mood conveyed certainty in a purpose or 
result clause, which seems to be the case in cor 5:5. does the aorist 
aspect limit what we can say about the verse?

best

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