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Rev 3:16.[53] Μέλλω σὲ ἐμεσαι) This is a milder form of speech than if it were ἘΜΈΣΩ ΣΈ. ΜΈΛΛΩ makes a modal[54] form of speech out of a categorical. [He implies the denial which is about to take place, in the event of their continuing “lukewarm,” before His Father; Psa 16:4.-V. g.]
[53] Ver. 14. ἡ ἀρχὴ, the Beginning) Pro 8:22; Col 1:18.-V. g.
[54] See Appendix on Sermo Modalis.