IF / THEN statements (in Greek)...Conditional clauses function as part of the predicate (a predicate is one of the two main parts of a sentence [the other being the subject, which the predicate modifies]) in that they give a condition under which the action of the verb can take place or a reason or cause for the action of the verb taking place or not taking place...
First condition: Yes (if the "if" is true)
Mark 4:23-If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.
Second condition: No (if the "if" is false)-these clauses generally express hypothetical conditions which the speaker himself believes to be contrary to fact.
John 5:46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me.
Third condition: Maybe (if the "if" could be true, but might not be)
Colossians 4:10 "...If he comes to you, receive him".
Fourth condition: Improbable (if the "if" is an uncertainty)
1 Pet 3:14 Even if you should suffer because of righteousness, (you will be) blessed.
If the Bible says "if" and the "if" is addressing a person(s) action(s) it is stipulating or noting an expected or existant action(s).
If you do this, then...
If you act this way, then...
If you do not obey the Word of the Lord, then...
If...then what?
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