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NASB | Romans 15:5 Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 15:5 Now may the God who gives endurance and who supplies encouragement grant that you be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus, |
Subject: Two ways of thinking! |
Bible Note: Greetings Makarios! Great question! Here is what A. T. Robertson says about this point: "Ye have revived (anethalete). Second aorist active indicative of old poetic word (Homer), anathallo, to sprout again, to shoot up, to blossom again. So in the lxx five times, though rare and literary word. Your thought for me (to huper emou phronein). Accusative case of the articular present active infinitive the object of anethalete used transitively. “You caused your thinking of me to bloom afresh.” Wherein (Ephesians' hoi). “In which,” “upon which” (locative case). A loose reference to Paul’s interests as involved in their thinking of him. Ye did indeed take thought (kai ephroneite). Imperfect active, “ye were also (or had been also) thinking.” Ye lacked opportunity (ekaireisthe). Imperfect middle of akaireomai, late and rare word, here only in N.T., from akairos (a privative, kairos), not to have a chance, the opposite of eukaireo (Mar 6:31)." Apparently, 'to think' is the object of the main verb 'to renew'. The connection between thinking and caring seems to be simply that 'thinking' indicates 'concern'. I'll try to check some other sources later. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |