Denny Diehl here The perfect tense is used in 1 Cor 7:15 DEDOULWTAI. I think I understand the use of the perfect tense that it is completed action based on past action. However, what is puzzling to me is the OU "not under bondage". How does OU effect the force of the perfect tense? If the bond under consideration is the marriage bond, then would OU mean that there never was a marriage bond (which would mean that it couldn't be the marriage bond)? Or would the past action under consideration be the desertion of the unbeliever thus the completed action is a result of the desertion? Are there other examples of OU with the perfect tense to compare? I'm open for suggestions! --- 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