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Excerpt from The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, Vol. 3: Parts XIII. To XVIII., January-June, 1882
In Ephesians i. All the following English verbs are translations of the Greek aorist verse 3, hath blessed 4, hath chosen 5, havin'g predestinated. (the distinction, however, between participles, which are perfect and aorist, cannot be maintained unless we supply adverbs; as 'lately for the perfect, and once for the aorist) 6, hath made' us accepted 8, 'hath abounded having made known,' hath purposed', ll,' we have obtained an inheritance,' being pre destinated, 22, 'hath put.' Since writing the preceding paragraph, we have referred to Dean Alford's proposed revision of the Authorised Version, to see whether he recommends more accurate renderings of the above aorists. His renderings are as follows. Verse 3, 'who blessed us' 4, he chose us 5, having foreordained us 6, grace, which be freely bestowed upon us 8, which he made to abound toward us 9, having made known'; which he purposed, 11, 'in whom we were also made his inheritance,' having been foreordained; 22, and put all things in subjection.'
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