wholes, make up the majority (1,241) of NT infinitives; present forms, viewing actions/states as unfolding, follow (996); and perfect forms, focusing on existing states of affairs, occur only 49 times. All four tense-forms of the infinitive may often be translated as “to …”; the future infinitive does indicate expectation, however, and the perfect could be translated as “to have ——ed” in certain contexts. Thus it is especially important for the interpreter to identify the aspect of an infinitive,