1Cor 12:15 | RWP | e4.org | If the foot shall say ( εαν ειπη ο πους ). Condition of third class ( εαν and second aorist subjunctive ειπη ). In case the foot say. I am not of the body ( ουκ ειμ εκ του σωματος ). I am independent of the body, not dependent on the body. It is not therefore not of the body ( ου παρα τουτο ουκ εστιν εκ του σωματος ). Thinking or saying so does not change the fact. Παρα τουτο here means "alongside of this" (cf. IV Macc. 10:19) and so "because of," a rare use (Robertson, Grammar , p. 616). The two negatives ( ου--ουκ ) do not here destroy one another. Each retains its full force.

‏ 1 Corinthians 12:15

If the foot shall say ( εαν ειπη ο πους ). Condition of third class ( εαν and second aorist subjunctive ειπη ). In case the foot say.

I am not of the body ( ουκ ειμ εκ του σωματος ). I am independent of the body, not dependent on the body.

It is not therefore not of the body ( ου παρα τουτο ουκ εστιν εκ του σωματος ). Thinking or saying so does not change the fact. Παρα τουτο here means "alongside of this" (cf. IV Macc. 10:19) and so "because of," a rare use (Robertson, Grammar, p. 616). The two negatives ( ου--ουκ ) do not here destroy one another. Each retains its full force.