2. Syntactic Structure The structure of the verse is represented in Fig. 42, followed by a discussion of the detail syntax. FIGURE 42: STRUCTURE OF PHP. 2:4 If the clauses in verse 1 are taken as conditional, this verse is the last part of the apodosis of the conditional sentence which runs from verses 1–4. If the clauses in verse 1 are taken as causal, then this verse is embedded in the matrix clause in verse 2. The verse is linked to the previous discourse by the participle σκοποῦντες and consists
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