Is endurance automatic?
Is endurance automatic?
ENDURANCE is not automatically happening after that one is a genuine child in the faith.
Paul wrote "(to) Timothy, genuine child in (the) faith" (1 Timothy 1:2) to "BE-PURSUING righteousness, well-worship, faith, love, ENDURANCE" (1 Timothy 6:11).
There would have been no need for Paul to write to Timothy who was a genuine child in the faith to "BE-PURSING" (1 Timothy 6:11) "ENDURANCE" (1 Timothy 6:11) if Timothy would automatically have ENDURANCE anyway.
The Greek word for "BE-PURSUING" (1 Timothy 6:11) is in the imperative mood, which expresses a command to the hearer to perform something by the order and authority of the one commanding. Paul did not use the indicative mood in the Greek, which would simply have been a statement of fact that would have described something merely happening.
The Greek word for "BE-PURSUING" (1 Timothy 6:11) is used by Paul elsewhere to express something that is not yet attained and is ahead, as Paul wrote: "forgetting the (things) behind and stretching-toward the (things) ahead, "I-AM-PURSUING toward (the) goal" (Philippians 3:13-14).
ENDURANCE is not automatically happening after that one has obtained faith.
Peter wrote "(to) the (ones) having-obtained an equally-precious faith (with) us in (the) righteousness (of) our God and Savior Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 1:1) that "having-applied all diligence — in your faith SUPPLY virtue; and in (your) virtue, knowledge; and in (your) knowledge, inner-might; and in (your) inner-might, ENDURANCE" (2 Peter 1:5-6).
There would have been no need for Peter to write to people having obtained faith to "SUPPLY" (2 Peter 1:5) "in your faith" (2 Peter 1:5) "ENDURANCE" (2 Peter 1:6) if ENDURANCE would be supplied automatically in their faith anyway.
The Greek word for "SUPPLY" (2 Peter 1:5) is in the imperative mood, which expresses a command to the hearer to perform something by the order and authority of the one commanding. Paul did not use the indicative mood in the Greek, which would simply have been a statement of fact that would have described something merely happening.
The conditionality of ENDURANCE can explain why Paul used the conditional particle "IF" when he wrote for example: "IF WE-ARE-ENDURING, we-will also reign-with (Him)" (2 Timothy 2:12).
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