From: Kevin W. Woodruff (cierpke@prodigy.net)
Date: Fri Aug 04 2000 - 14:30:26 EDT
Mark:
CHORIZW in the passive voice according to BAGD, means to "separate
(oneself)" so we would say it in English in the active "to separate"
Kevin
At 03:41 PM 8/4/2000 GMT, you wrote:
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>1 Cor. 7:11
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>EAN DE KAI CWRISQHi
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>"But if she does depart"
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>I can not understand why CWRISQHi is translated as an Active when it is a
>Passive from CWRIZW.
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>It seems to me that Paul is saying Christians are not to divorce their
>spouses, but they can not control whether or not they are divorced by
>(Passive) their spouses.
>
>Is there any justification for translating this in an Active sense?
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>If not, why on earth do most translations do so!
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>Thank you,
>
>Mark Wilson
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