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ἵνα + the Subjunctive (31.14)
- Purpose Clause (Telic)
- ἵνα + the Subjunctive can express purpose
- e.g Hebrews 4.16 - προσερχώμεθα οὖν μετὰ παρρησίας τῷ θρόνῳ τῆς χάριτος, ἵνα λάβωμεν ἔλεος καὶ χάριν εὕρωμεν εἰς εὔκαιρον βοήθειαν.
- negated with μή for non-idicative mood: ἵνα μή or ὅπως μή = “in order that not” i.e. “lest”
- Appositional Clause
- Explanatory, "namely, that"
- a weaker sense than purpose
- e.g John 17.3 - αὕτη δέ ἐστιν ἡ αἰώνιος ζωὴ ἵνα γινώσκωσιν σὲ τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν θεὸν καὶ ὃν ἀπέστειλας Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν. - "This is etermal life that they may know..."
- Very common use in John's writings
- Epexegetical Clause
- Clarifying detail for a preceding noun or adjective
- e.g. Luke 7.6 - οὐ γὰρ ἱκανός εἰμι ἵνα ὑπὸ τὴν στέγην μου εἰσέλθῃς· "I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof..."
- For full details on ἵνα + the Subjunctive, cf. Wallace pp. 471-477