I don't want to get too lost in the technical weeds on this text, which would be easy to do, since there is a great debate among top Greek scholars about how to understand the «time» of
present participles in Greek.
We could go on and provide numerous similar examples, not just from the writings of John, but from other New Testament authors as well, but we have seen from just a couple of examples that
present participles in connection with perfect tense verbs do not clearly indicate anything about the timing of one compared to the other.
Not exact matches
For now, let me just say that 1 John 5:1 is not the only place
in John's writings where he pairs a
present participle with a perfect tense verb.
The word for «believe» is
in the
present tense
participle, and the verb for «born» is
in the perfect tense.
In John 3:18, for example, John quotes Jesus as saying, «He who believes [present participle] in Him is not condemned [perfect tense verb].&raqu
In John 3:18, for example, John quotes Jesus as saying, «He who believes [
present participle]
in Him is not condemned [perfect tense verb].&raqu
in Him is not condemned [perfect tense verb].»
This booklet covers: - Parts of the body - Illnesses and injuries - Food and drinks - Healthy eating - Smoking and addictions - The partitive article - Past tense of reflexive verbs - The
present participle / The gerund - The pronoun «en» - The subjunctive
in context - Modal verbs and modal expressions I have created this booklets for 3 of my year 10 students who are working at an advanced level.
The resource also includes: revision of ER and RE verbs
in the
present tense modal verbs + infinitive au lieu de + infinitive the
present participle adjectival agreement There are dozens of exercises to practise vocabulary and develop confidence
in understanding and translating sentences and texts about global warming, pollution, public transport, water and energy saving, deforestation, flooding, drought etc..
This presentation illustrates the second function of how the
present participle is used
in terms of how something is done
in the context of accidents, injuries and misfortune.
The concept of the
present participle appears
in Unit 9 of the Cambridge IGCSE course and this activity also introduces names of injuries or ailments and the concept of non-agreement with reflexive verbs
in the past form with direct objects.