1. Question – Greek Grammar, the Subjunctive and ὅταν:
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In 1 Corinthians 13:10 – Will “The Perfect” actually come to everyone – all at the same time?
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Or, does the underlying Greek indicate a subjective experience? Could it be a subjective experience, (like dying and going to heaven, or Spiritual Maturity)?
2. Basis of the Question: ὅταν = ὅτε + ἄν
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, ὅταν – as long as, whenever; From hote and an; whenever (implying hypothesis or more or less uncertainty); also causatively (conjunctionally) inasmuch as — as long (soon) as, that, + till, when(-soever), while.
3. The Text
1 Corinthians 13:10 – and whenever | ὅταν the perfect might come | ἔλθῃ – Subjunctive, the partial will fall away.
1 Corinthians 13:12 – “… presently, I know partially, and then I will intimately know, just fully just as I also have been fully known.”
Closely Related:
– 1 Corinthians 13:10 – What does Paul mean by “Completeness”?
– 1 Corinthians 13:10 – What does “The Perfect” Refer to?
– 1 Corinthians 13:10 – What Will Cease when “The Perfect” Comes?
– 1 Corinthians 13:8 – What is the Significance of the Intransitive verb “παύσονται”?
– 1 Corinthians 13:9-10 – What Does “ἐκ μέρους” Mean?
– 1 Corinthians 13:9 – What does “Out From” Mean?
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