[B-Greek] 1 Cor 14:5: present infinitive aspect

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Sat May 13 09:52:42 EDT 2006


1 Corinthians 14:5 QELW DE PANTAS hUMAN LALEIN GLWSSAIS MALLOM DE HINA PROFHTEUTE
I don't think your friends view would work to well because DE HINA PROFHTEUTE is parellel with QELW DE PANTAS hUMAN LALEIN.
i.e. I want you all to speak in tongues = but even more I want you even more to prophesy.  In both cases the subjuntive and the infinitive are complements.  So if LALEIN is to be done 24/7 so should PROFHTEUTE be done 24/7 which is seems to be impossible.
 


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From: "Scott Stocking" <scottsox at conxxus.com> 

> What sort of aspect should the present infinitive LALEIN in 1 Cor 14:5 have? 
> My personal feeling is that it is a continuous punctiliar ("I want you to 
> continue to speak in tongues"), but I know of one person who insists it is 
> continuous uninterrupted (i.e., he claims to speak/pray in tongues 24/7). 
> This is a ridiculous notion I know, but my friend seems convinced of his own 
> knowledge of the present infinitive as continuous uninterrupted, based on 
> two obscure comments from Blaiklock and Jay not at all related to 1 Cor 
> 14:5. Some of us who have been discussing the issue with him have referred 
> him to this list to see what kind of response he might get, but he hasn't 
> posted or joined here as of this point to my knowledge. 
> 
> 
> 
> Scott Stocking 
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> Adjunct Professor, Lincoln Christian College 
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