Discourse Flow Analysis :: Prototype

Boasting About the Future (4:13-17)

Basis
Prohibition
Mainline
13
Ἄγε
νῦν
οἱ
λέγοντες·
Σήμερον
ἢ
αὔριον
πορευσόμεθα
εἰς
τήνδε
τὴν
πόλιν
καὶ
ποιήσομεν
ἐκεῖ
ἐνιαυτὸν
καὶ
ἐμπορευσόμεθα
καὶ
κερδήσομεν·
14
οἵτινες
οὐκ
ἐπίστασθε
τὸ
τῆς
αὔριον
ποία
ἡ
ζωὴ
ὑμῶν·
13
Come
now
you
who
say
Today
or
tomorrow
we
will
go
to
this
or
that
city
spend
a
year
there
carry
on
business
and
make
a
profit
14
You
do
not
even
know
what
will
happen
tomorrow
What
is
your
life
Support
ἀτμὶς
γάρ
ἐστε
ἡ
πρὸς
ὀλίγον
φαινομένη,
ἔπειτα
καὶ
ἀφανιζομένη·
You
are
a
mist
that
appears
for
a
little
while
and
then
vanishes
Mainline
Positive Alternative
Basis
16
νῦν
δὲ
καυχᾶσθε
ἐν
ταῖς
ἀλαζονείαις
ὑμῶν·
πᾶσα
καύχησις
τοιαύτη
πονηρά
ἐστιν.
16
As
it
is
you
boast
in
your
proud
intentions
All
such
boasting
is
evil
Mainline
17
εἰδότι
οὖν
καλὸν
ποιεῖν
καὶ
μὴ
ποιοῦντι,
ἁμαρτία
αὐτῷ
ἐστιν.
17
Anyone
then
who
knows
the
right
thing
to
do
yet
fails
to
do
it
is
guilty
of
sin