Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

so that

English answer:

so that / in order that

Added to glossary by B D Finch
Apr 17, 2019 10:36
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English term

so that

Non-PRO English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Religion / About how to stop worrying
One of the blessed effects of Jesus's suffering on behalf of His people, even of His anxiety in the garden of Gethsemane, is that His people may have peace, ***so that*** prayer might be the solution to their worries. All the unbelieving worries for today and for tomorrow, all the sin that lies in mistrust of God, He replaces with: "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you..." (John 14:27).

Does it mean "in order to" here? Or is it introducing another effect of Jesus's suffering?
Change log

Apr 17, 2019 12:28: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "About how to stop worrying" to "Religion / About how to stop worrying"

Apr 29, 2019 09:20: B D Finch Created KOG entry

Oct 24, 2019 19:54: Yvonne Gallagher changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Rachel Fell, Thayenga, Yvonne Gallagher

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Discussion

Ana Juliá (asker) Apr 17, 2019:
I meant "in order that" .

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so that / in order that

Peace, according to your text, resulted from Jesus's suffering – not from prayer. It is thanks to that peace (achieved by Jesus through his suffering) that "prayer might be the solution to their worries".

So, the text does not mean that "peace is the result of prayer".

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Note added at 6 hrs (2019-04-17 16:50:20 GMT)
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According to the source text that you quote, in achieving peace for "His people" through his suffering, Jesus had as an objective the enabling of prayer to "be the solution to their worries". I hope that is adequate elalaboration.
Peer comment(s):

agree Yvonne Gallagher : yes, but I think you need to tease it out a bit further in your explanation so that all will understand
10 mins
Thanks Yvonne. See added note.
agree Tina Vonhof (X)
4 hrs
Thanks Tina
agree JohnMcDove
14 hrs
Thanks John
agree David Hollywood : ok too
17 hrs
Thanks David
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks!"
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With the result that

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/so--that
Jesus suffers, and as a reult, people pray and their worries end.
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard
1 hr
Thanks Phil!
neutral writeaway : This looks like stretching the source text just to fit a quote
2 hrs
Apperciate your comment!
agree David Hollywood : spot on and don't mind neutrals here ... this is perfect
17 hrs
Thanks!
neutral B D Finch : "So that" means that there was intention. So, not just a result, but an intended result. The result itself was not that people prayed (they had done so before), but the effect their prayer could now have.
22 hrs
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18 mins

As a result

Peace is the result of prayer.
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