Re: "I will" build my church

To: Daniel Hedrick <hedrickd@ochampus.mil>, b-greek@virginia.edu
Subject: Re: "I will" build my church
From: Carl Conrad <C25001CC@wuvmd.wustl.edu>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 94 08:48:02 CST
In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 25 Aug 1994 06:58:48 +0700

On Thu, 25 Aug 1994 06:58:48 +0700 you said:
>Matt 16:18
>
>Can anyone tell me the tense of I will, in this passage?
>
>Could someone pls break this down for me.
>
>I believe that this is meant as I have been, will be and
>I am right now building my church.
>
>Daniel

OIKODOMHSW here is a simple future indicative active 1 sg; you might stretch
it to mean "I shall get built" or "I shall go on building" but it really
refers to FUTURE building, not building going on at the time of speaking
(at least so far as normal Greek tense usage is concerned).

CARL W. CONRAD, C25001CC@WUVMD.BITNET OR C25001CC@WUVMD.WUSTL.EDU
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