Subject: WAS MY IMPORTANT DIVORCE A SIN |
Bible Note: Greetings Theo-Minor! First of all, I agree with your main points my friend. But, just for the sake of accuracy, I wanted to correct one minor error in your post. You wrote: "Because of it's present perfect tense, it reads: "All those abiding in God are not sinning." Sin[ning] implies an ongoing action according to certain words studies, but in their journey to discredit a passage they can't comprehend, they fail to appreciate the appropriate syntax of present perfect tense. Sin[ning] means that you are not sinning "right now." As a static statement that projects into the future via Greek grammar, the idea here is this: "Those abiding in God are not sinning [from one moment to the next]" The problem is that there is no such thing as a 'present perfect tense'. 'Present' and 'perfect' both refer to Greek tenses. A verb can be either one, but not both at the same time. The verbs in question are in the present tense, but the though is much like you cited. It doesn't indicate that a believer cannot ever sin, but that a believer doesn't make a practice of sin. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |