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Colossians and Philemon: A Handbook on the Greek Text is unavailable, but you can change that!

What distinguishes the Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament Series from other available resources on the New Testament is the detailed and comprehensive attention paid to the Greek text of the New Testament. Each book in this series explains the syntax of the biblical text, offers guidance for deciding between competing semantic analyses, and deals with text-critical questions that have a...

χαίρω. Pres act ind 1st sg χαίρω. Imperfective aspect here implicates a stative Aktionart. See “Verbal Aspect and Aktionsart” in the Introduction. The point is not that Paul continually performs the action of rejoicing (which would be a progressive Aktionsart), but that he is currently in a state of joy. ἐν τοῖς παθήμασιν. Context/Circumstance. Paul rejoices in the midst of his sufferings. ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν. Advantage. καὶ. Continuative. ἀνταναπληρῶ. Pres act ind 1st sg ἀνταναπληρόω. Imperfective
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