[B-Greek] 1 John 4:19

Andy Kaylor andy_kaylor at yahoo.com
Sat May 19 04:53:50 EDT 2007


I'm a newbie working through 1 John, and tonight I was looking at 1 John 4:19

hHMEIS AGAPWMEN hOTI AUTOS PRWTOS HGAPHSEN hHMAS

My first thought was that AGAPWMEN was subjunctive, so I Englished it as "Let us love," then I saw that every translation I can find translates it as indicative, "We love."

But AGAPWMEN could be subjunctive or indicative, right?  So is it the presence of the (emphatic?) hHMEIS that should tell me this is indicative? Or is it context?  Or is there another clue I've missed?

Thanks.

Andy Kaylor
Beaverton, Oregon


       
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