Eph. 1:17-18 (17) hINA hO QEOS TOU KURIOU hHMWN IHSOU CRISTOU, hO PATHR THS DOXHS, DWHi hUMIN PNEUMA SOFIAS KAI APOKALUYEWS EN EPIGNWSEI AUTOU, (18) PEFWTISMENOUS TOUS OFQALMOUS THS KARDIAS [hUMWN] EIS TO EIDENAI hUMAS TIS ESTIN hH ELPIS THS KLHSEUS AUTOU . . . How is the participle PEFWTISMENOUS used in this verse? Could it express purpose or result? Wallace says, "since purpose is accomplished _as a result_ of the action of the main verb, perfect participles are excluded from this category (since they are typically antecedent in time)" GGBB, 635-6. I'm doubting that Porter would agree with this statement, although he doesn't comment much on perfect participles in _Idioms of the GNT_, so I wouldn't know for sure. Any thoughts? Jonathan Boyd Ankeny, IA ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. --- 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