On Sun 22 Apr 2001 (02:42:13), dexroll@aol.com wrote: > 7.10 TOIS DE GEGAMHKOSIN PARAGGELLW, OUK EGW ALLA hO KURIOS, GUNAIKA > APO ANDROS MH CWRISQHNAI 7.11 - EAN DE KAI CWRISQHi, MENETW AGAMOS TW > ANDRI KATALLAGHTW, - KAI ANDRA GUNAIKA MH AFIENAI. Dear David, IMHO Paul here is alluding to a Dominical Saying of our Lord concerning Divorce; most likely Matthew 5:32 and 19:9 OUK EGW ALLA hO KURIOS. This prohibits divorce and remarriage, except in the case of adultery. The non-mention of Adultery here indicates that a voluntary separation is meant, not a full legal divorce on grounds of Adultery. Is such a separation in accordance with the Dominical Saying? No adultery: no divorce? CWRISQHNAI (CWRIZESQAI in Alexandrinus and Bezae) is normally aorist after a word of commanding. It has a Middle sense, as the 1st Aorist Passive can have in the NT (PAREDOQH, Romans 6:17; ESPLAGCNISQH, Matthew 9:36; hUPOTAGHTE, James 4:7). *GUNAIKA* APO ANDROS MH CWRISQHNAI. "Do not get a divorce *off your own bat*". CWRIZW is said of the man; and CWRIZOMAI of the woman (Matthew 19:6; Polybius 32:12) "If they should decide to be separated" (EAN DE KAI CWRISQHi) is a future possibility, not a past event. Compare EAN DE KAI THS EKKLHSIAS PARAKOUSHi in Matthew 18:17. If the woman leaves her husband to engage fulltime in Christian works, then let her not be divorced; let her remain as if umarried. This is for couples where both husband and wife are believers; the rule for them is given in 1 Corinthians 7:5. Let them only abstain from co-habiting *for a while* for godly exercises; then let them come together again. ERRWSQE, Ben -- Revd Ben Crick, BA CF 232 Canterbury Road, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9TD (UK) http://www.cnetwork.co.uk/crick.htm --- 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