Untitled Sermon (2)

"put on the full armor of God Purpose (IN ORDER THAT) you may BE ABLE to stand."

accompanying circumstance (atendent circumstance)

Wallace (page 640) is used to communicate an action that, in some sense, is coordinate with the finite verb. In this respect it is not dependent, for it is translated like a verb. Yet it is still dependent semantically, because it cannot exist without the main verb.

Second, it is important to argue from sense rather than from translation. In order to see more clearly what the sense of a participle will be, we need to apply the following criterion: If a participle makes good sense when treated as an adverbial participle, we should not seek to treat it as attendant circumstance. This will reduce the instances to those that are undisputed. From that we can extrapolate a “profile” as it were of what this participle should look like.

The tense of the participle is usually aorist.

• The tense of the main verb is usually aorist.

• The mood of the main verb is usually imperative or indicative.

• The participle will precede the main verb—both in word order and time of event (though usually there is a very close proximity).

• Attendant circumstance participles occur frequently in narrative literature, infrequently elsewhere.

These normally indicate purpose in the Pauline corpuse (Robertson 992). This is rare phrase in Paul.

Paul has four examples of this idiom (, , , ) All give the "subjective purpose" (1075)

GELNT

heavens are the lower heavens

This work of … by Christ’s coming

HS

HS

The focus of … union with Christ.

HS

HRP

Looking at the context of - God shows himself to be a warrior who saves his people from their enemies by the power of "his right hand and his holy arm (98:1). He is a warrior as he judges the wicked (acting as a ultimate priest-king)

NT:ET

Genitive of Apposition

IS

Inspiration for this is and d. God is clothing his people. Here God is the active agent and his people are passive, much like the verb in .

IS

IS

the armor of light is categorically different from the armor of God.

Armor of God guards against attacks of the devil (preistly task)

- Shield

- Sword

reflect features of divine glory

IS

Kline - KP

Divine armor is a metaphor for the priestly glory-robes (which is a major biblical symbol of the imago Dei. (eschatological language).

PFG

RHV

The fixing on … other ways. For

WJO:V6

Part II - Take up the whole armour of God in the eschtelogical battle. Owen remarks that it is indeed conditional. "If" we persist in the faith, echoing Hebrews.

When Paul had … perseverance and supplication.”

WJO:V6

WJO:V6

Longman in Divine Warrior in the OT

. The Christian, Paul writes, is engaged in a battle, and it is a battle "not directed against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms" (v 12). The Christian is said to be fighting in true Holy War fashion. That is, the real power is not found in the human participants but rather in the power of God. After all, the armor is called the "full armor of God." Much of the imagery found here comes from :15bff., where God is displeased with injustice in the world. So in OT Holy War terminology the Isaiah passage states that "his own arm worked salvation for him." Donning a breastplate of righteousness and a helmet of salvation he goes out to "repay wrath to his enemies and retribution to his foes." Thus, regardless of the question of Paul alluding to Roman armor, the imagery of is grounded in an OT Divine Warrior passage.34