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11. ἤμην. Middle form for ἦν. See Jelf, Gr. Gram. p. 286. It is common in N.T. See Mat 25:35; Joh 11:15, &c.
ἐλογιζόμην. I used to reason. See note on 1Co 13:5. Observe the three imperfects of habitual action in the past.
ὅτε γέγονα ἀνὴρ κατήργηκα τὰ τοῦ νηπίου. Now that I am become a man, I have brought to an end the things of the child. This rendering preserves the sense of the perfects. The perfect also denotes, not merely the act, but its completeness. Cf. Xen. Cyrop. VIII. 7. 6 ἐγὼ γὰρ παῖς τε ὢν τὰ ἐν παισὶ νομιζόμενα καλὰ δοκῶ καρπῶσθαι, ἐπεὶ τε ἥβησα, τὰ ἐν νεανίσκοις, τέλειός τε ἀνὴρ γενόμενος τὰ ἐν ἀνδράσι.