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NASB | Romans 7:19 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 7:19 For the good that I want to do, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. |
Subject: Paul's evil practices Pre or PostJesus |
Bible Note: Hi Tim, "Usage and Genre The historical present occurs mostly in less educated writers as a function of colloquial, vivid speech. More literary authors, as well as those who aspire to a distanced historical reporting, tend to avoid it. John has it 162 times, Mark 151 times. Matthew has 93 at most, while Luke has a mere 11, mostly found in the parables of Jesus (with another 13 in Acts). The historical present is preeminently the storyteller’s tool and as such occurs exclusively (or almost exclusively) in narrative literature." ( http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek/test-archives/html4/2002-04/10013.html) Would it be safe to say (given that Paul was very well educated and that he was not relating a story) that it would be highly unusual for him to employ this particular literary device? John |