

Who purposes has both the ability and determination to fulfill the Paul has in mind that once the necessary and certain appearanceīefore the judgment seat of Christ occurs, God’s very purpose for thatĪppearance may fail to materialize? Paul certainly does not doubt that Things done in the body, whether good or evil. This necessary event as being the reception of each one’s due for the Note that Paul portrays all of us (TOUS … PANTAS hHMAS) appearingīefore the judgment seat of Christ as necessary and thusĬertain (FANERWQHNAI DEI). TOU CRISTOU, hINA KOMISHTAI hEKASTOS TA DIA TOU SWMATOS PROS hA That disproves the universal assertion you have made:Ģ Cor 5.10 TOUS GAR PANTAS hHMAS FANERWQHNAI DEI EMPROSQEN TOU BHMATOS Would be impossible to list them all here, so I will offer just one There are so many exceptions to your above formula that it Person who intends an outcome has the ability and determination toįulfill the purpose, as well as the nature of the intended outcome For example, one must consider whether or not the Purpose will not be fulfilled must be determined by otherĬonsiderations. This has nothing to do with the certainty or lack thereof of The subjunctive is normally used in a purpose clauseīecause a purpose by its very nature is unfulfilled at the point of This is a simplistic and reductionistic view of theĬonstruction that does not take into account other factors that mayĬlarify whether or not the writer or speaker considers the purposeĬertain or not. Speaker thinks there is a possibility that the purposed action or event In and of itself cannot help us determine whether the writer or There is no need to get into doctrine here. Sure events of the future which occur in the indicative mood.

One would think that the future indicative would be used forįuture statements of absolute surety. May not happen(I’d be happy to talk about it off-list if anyone soĭesires). Getting into a doctrinal statement i will refrain from saying why this We have the use of the subjunctive which does indicate the aspect ofįuturity but with the possibility that this may not happen, without
