Christopher R. Hutson wrote: > For your inference about endurance, you > would have a stronger case if the passage > actually mentioned endurance. Jay Adkins wrote: >Did I miss something here? Louw & Nida : >hUPOMONH, HS f : capacity to continue to bear up under difficult >circumstances - `endurance, being able to endure.' The text reads hPENEGKEIN. Wigram's Analytical Lexicon refers back to hUPOFERW, which Thayer's defines specifically with reference to 1 Cor. 10:13 as "to bear by being under, bear up (a thing placed on one's shoulders), to bear patiently, to endure." Thayer also cites 2 Tim. 3:11 OIOUS DIWGMOUS hUPHNEGKA, KAI EK PANTWN ME ERRUSATO hO KURIOS "which persecutions I endured, and the Lord delivered me." In this passage it is clear that Paul both bore up under the persecution and was later delivered after having endured. In light of this, I would understand 1 Cor. 10:13 to be expressing the encouragement that we are able to endure (TOU DUNASTHAI hUPENEGKEIN) because we know the Lord will provide the way out (THN EKBASIN). I am inclined to receive Mr. Hutson's conclusion about the articular infinitive in the genitive; however, Thayer cites "endure" as a workable translation for hPENEGKEIN. April Van Bibber Lytle Creek, California --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu