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Silak12 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

In this sense?

Hi! everyone.
Could someone tell me what "in this sense" mean in this sentence?
--When we spoil the purity of something we corrupt it, and we do so because we are wicked in this sense.--
Thanks!
  

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silak12 Hi! --Thanks! "wicked in this sense"?

— CalifJim

  • silak12 Hi!
  • --Thanks!
  • "wicked in this sense"?
  • That's difficult to interpret.
  • I suppose it means "wicked insofar as we corrupt the purity of things", but that doesn't really explain much either.
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silak12Hi! everyone.Could someone tell me what "in this sense" mean in this sentence?--When we spoil the purity of something we corrupt it, and we do so because we are wicked in this sense.--Thanks!
"wicked in this sense"? That's difficult to interpret. I suppose it means "wicked insofar as we corrupt the purity of things", but that doesn't really explain mu
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CalifJimDoes the text explain wickedness in any other senses as well? Are they trying to contrast different kinds of wickedness?
Actually this is a para about corruption.
Context-:
Quote-:Our warfare is not against flesh and blood ,
But against principalities and powers and wickedness in the high place.
When we spoil the pu
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silak12because we are wicked in this sense
I'd say it's simply "because we are wicked in this way", i.e., in the way just described.

CJ
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