Be condemned of ?
Q. "He is condemned of himself."
I can't catch the meaning of this sentence.
Can I think of the "of" as the meaning of "from"?
So it means "He is condemned from himself, which means "He condemns himself"?
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thanks3 I can't catch the meaning of this sentence. You have company, it seems. A quick googling yields commentary down the ages on Paul's words here.
- thanks3 I can't catch the meaning of this sentence.
- You have company, it seems.
- A quick googling yields commentary down the ages on Paul's words here.
- The language of the King James Bible was deliberately antiquated even in its day, and its day is pretty darn antiquated already (1611).
- It is chock full of bizarre grammar whose import the modern reader can only guess at.
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thanks3I can't catch the meaning of this sentence.
You have company, it seems. A quick googling yields commentary down the ages on Paul's words here. The language of the King James Bible was deliberately antiquated even in its day, and its day is pretty darn antiquated already (1611). It is chock full of bizarre grammar whose import the modern reader can o
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