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How many participles are in Jude 1:20-23?

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 10:37 am
by lonchenowith
How many participles does Jude 1:20-23 have? Is it nine? I know that Greek is a particple loving language. That is the passage we are covering in Prayer Meeting tonight. Pastor Lon

Re: How many participles are in Jude 1:20-23?

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 11:27 am
by Jonathan Robie
I see seven participles:
  • present active participle
  • present middle participle
  • perfect passive participle
20 ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀγαπητοί, ἐποικοδομοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ ὑμῶν πίστει, ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ προσευχόμενοι, 21 ἑαυτοὺς ἐν ἀγάπῃ θεοῦ τηρήσατε προσδεχόμενοι τὸ ἔλεος τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον. 22 καὶ οὓς μὲν ἐλεᾶτε διακρινομένους, 23 οὓς δὲ σῴζετε ἐκ πυρὸς ἁρπάζοντες, οὓς δὲ ἐλεᾶτε ἐν φόβῳ μισοῦντες καὶ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς σαρκὸς ἐσπιλωμένον χιτῶνα.

Adding in coloring for the other verbs:
  • aorist active imperative
  • present active imperative
20 ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀγαπητοί, ἐποικοδομοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ ὑμῶν πίστει, ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ προσευχόμενοι, 21 ἑαυτοὺς ἐν ἀγάπῃ θεοῦ τηρήσατε προσδεχόμενοι τὸ ἔλεος τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον. 22 καὶ οὓς μὲν ἐλεᾶτε διακρινομένους, 23 οὓς δὲ σῴζετε ἐκ πυρὸς ἁρπάζοντες, οὓς δὲ ἐλεᾶτε ἐν φόβῳ μισοῦντες καὶ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς σαρκὸς ἐσπιλωμένον χιτῶνα.

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Re: How many participles are in Jude 1:20-23?

Posted: November 16th, 2011, 12:45 pm
by Jonathan Robie
By the way, lining this out by phrase makes it easier to read:

ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀγαπητοί,
ἐποικοδομοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ ὑμῶν πίστει,
ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ προσευχόμενοι,
ἑαυτοὺς ἐν ἀγάπῃ θεοῦ τηρήσατε,
προσδεχόμενοι τὸ ἔλεος τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
καὶ οὓς μὲν ἐλεᾶτε διακρινομένους,
οὓς δὲ σῴζετε ἐκ πυρὸς ἁρπάζοντες,
οὓς δὲ ἐλεᾶτε ἐν φόβῳ,
μισοῦντες καὶ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς σαρκὸς ἐσπιλωμένον χιτῶνα.

Participles:
  • present active participle
  • present middle participle
  • perfect passive participle
Other verbs:
  • aorist active imperative
  • present active imperative
Note that there's only one finite verb in this whole first part:

ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀγαπητοί,
ἐποικοδομοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ ὑμῶν πίστει,
ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ προσευχόμενοι,
ἑαυτοὺς ἐν ἀγάπῃ θεοῦ τηρήσατε,
προσδεχόμενοι τὸ ἔλεος τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

LEB retains the sense of the participles in its translation:

But you, dear friends,
by building yourselves up in your most holy faith,
by praying in the Holy Spirit,
keep yourselves in the love of God,
looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.