PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
Gnomon of the New Testament — Volume 3
Bengel, Johann Albrecht, 1687-1752 · 187,890 words · 436 reading sections
Chapter Vii.
243 19. ‘'h) a particle denoting the second part of a disjunctive interrogation. The expression, his own , ver. 18, is in this ver. sweetly limited. Our body is so constituted, as that it may be the temple of God, i.e. His peculiar and perpetual habitation. — rov ev ifi/v, which is in you) This expression assigns …
388 wordsSECTION 2421 Corinthians Vii. 2-4.
too very gently. [$o far is this from being a subject , which ought to be obtruded upon mankind by human precepts. — V.g.] — xctXov, good ) This agrees with the feeling, which pervades the preceding chapter. Comp, below ver. 7, 8, 26, 34, in the middle of the verse, 35 at the end, 40. It is good , i.e. becoming, su…
454 wordsSECTION 2431 Corinthians Vii. 5-8.
245 5. Mil d rroGrepsTre, defraud not ) So the LXX., Exod. xxi. 10, he shall not defraud her of her duty of marriage , rrjv bfiiXtav avryjg (nroy) o-jx dnoGTipr}Gu. This word agrees with the word due, ver. 3. — s/ [iji] n dv, except it he ) It is very much limited. When these conditions occur, it is not privation,…
443 wordsSECTION 2441 Corinthians Vii. 9-16.
more express. — roTg aya^oig, to the unmarried ) of both sexes, comp. ver. 10, 11. — %w<xis, to widows) including widowers. — /£?/;wc7v, let them remain) at liberty. — ojg xayu, even as I) Paul was evidently without a wife at that time, comp. ix. 5 ; and although he speaks here also of widowers, yet he seems rather…
437 wordsSECTION 2451 Corinthians Vii. 13-15.
247 ver. 10. — (fwsvdoKt?, she be pleased) There might be many, who either doubted or were not averse from the faith. — M?} ap/sr«, let him not put away) This rule was stricter in the Old Testa- ment. That the difference between the Old and New Testa- ment is here regarded, we gather from ver. 18, 15, note. 13. T…
432 wordsSECTION 2461 Corinthians Vii. 16-19.
not under bondage ) There was more decided liberty in the latter case on this account, that the believing party was not likely to obtain much assistance from the unbelieving magistrate; although, even in the present day, the same principle holds good for liberty and peace; but with that exception [proviso], let her…
406 wordsSECTION 2471 Corinthians Vii. 20-25.
240 20. ’Ev rfi xXijgsi, in the calling) The state in which the [heavenly] calling stumbles upon [finds] any one, is equivalent to a calling. 21. Mij 6oi care not for it) Do not anxiously seek to he set free ; so, do not seek [a wife], ver. 27. — / luXXov %pr]6ai, use it rather) use the power of obtaining liberty…
427 wordsSECTION 2481 Corinthians Vii. 25.
sently vo/it^u. Aristotle , carefully pointing out the propriety of Greek words, especially in his Ethics, makes the following ob- servations : i] %aXov/Jj?V7i yvu>fi7] 57 rou etfiemoug e<rr} xp'uSig bpdvj, u that which is termed ym^i 3, opinion , is the right judgment of the equitable man and again, j 7 ds evyyvdj…
458 wordsSECTION 2491 Corinthians Vii, 26-28.
251 and they might give up their own right, humble or reprove themselves, prefer others to themselves, beg, entreat, exhort (2 Cor. vi. 1, vii. 8, xi. 17, note), at one time treat with greater severity, at another with greater mildness ; and hence Paul, for example, uses the softer word vofit^w, and not Xsyw, ver.…
440 wordsSECTION 2501 Corinthians Vii. 29, 30.
greater firmness to regulate well the state of marriage, than of celibacy. 29. Tovro ds yri/ju, but this I say ) The same form of expression occurs xv. 50, for the purpose of explanation, in summing up the whole. — a d&Xpot, brethren) Paul is wont, especially when writing about external circumstances, to introduce…
431 wordsSECTION 2511 Corinthians Vii. 31-34.
253 which it is evident, that the figure Ploce [the same word twice, once simply, next expressing an attribute. Append.] occurs in the three preceding clauses ; for as the Apostle Paul exhorts the teacher to teach , and every one employed in doing good to be active in doing it, Pom. xii. 7 ; so they , that rejoice…
436 wordsSECTION 2521 Corinthians Vii. 35-37.
which follow. The difference , namely between marriage and celibacy, each of which claims for itself a different class of duties, rather refers to women than to men ; for the woman is the helper of the man ; — the woman undergoes a greater change of her condition, than the man, in contracting marriage ; comp, ver.…
434 wordsSECTION 2531 Corinthians Vii. 38-40.
255 an admirable synonymy [accumulation of synonymous clauses] and description of liberty. — t’fcuv avnyxYiv, having no necessity ) on account of which he should prefer celibacy to marriage, ver. 26, or marriage to celibacy. — sgouav' av) control [ power ], without any interference. — &%s/, has) for having : for n…
309 wordsSECTION 254Chapter Viii.
1. n epi — oibafiiv, as touching — we know ) This topic is taken up again at ver. 4, when the parenthesis, which follows, has been concluded. — or/) that. This explains the u we know” — yvutiv, knowledge) The article is not added,1) that he may not concede too much. — s%o/xsi/, we have) He speaks in the first pers…
354 wordsSECTION 2551 Corinthians Viii. 4-7.
257 known, Gal. iv. 9, note. The knowledge is mutual. — wr u vrov) by Him. 4. B puaevg) He more closely limits the subject proposed at ver. 1 : as concerning , therefore , the eating , etc. — ovhev) nothing , is the predicate ; nothing , the force of which is augmented by the antithetic words, in the world , inn,…
390 wordsSECTION 2561 Corinthians Viii. 9, 10.
258 They had this feeling,1 as if the idol were something ; or at least as if the thing offered to the idol were polluted thereby. — eug a pn, until this hour ) when by this time they should have knowledge. — ug) as: on this depends the distinction. — poXvvsroii, is defiled) a suitable expression, by a metaphor de…
462 wordsSECTION 257Chapter Ix.
250 the horror of the weak man is expressed, who eats notwith- standing. 11. ’a ‘xoXs/raij shall perish) He will lose his faith, and, if he do not recover it, his salvation, Rom. xiv. 23. \_See, what im- portant results a single action may produce , although externally considered it seemed to he of little consequ…
364 wordsSECTION 2581 Corinthians Ix. 2-5.
[whereas in the statement of subject, ver. 1, 1 2 free* comes first, 6 apostle 9 next]. That, which free is in the adjective, ver. 1, igoutf/a, power , is in the substantive, ver. 4 ; comp. viii. 9. — °vXi — sijpaxa, have I — not seen ?) Observe the firmness of the apostle. — rb epyov /xov, my work) A testimony der…
430 wordsSECTION 2591 Corinthians Ix. 6-10.-
261 may presume the same of John. — xni oi a deX<poi rou K upfou, and the brethren of the Lord ) Acts i. 14; Gal. i. 19. — xa /' K»jpa$, and Cephas ) There is a gradation here ; comp. iii. 22, note. 6. ToO w ZpyafygQai), to forbear working with the hand . 7. Tig, who) The minister of the Gospel is beautifully com-…
431 wordsSECTION 2601 Corinthians Ix. 11-16.
his hope) The abstract for the concrete : of the fruits , in the hope of which he, who now threshes, plowed , — pers^nv, to become partaker) viz. ought. To become partaker of his hope is a peri- phrasis for the verb to thresh. Namely, he who plows, plows in the hope of threshing and eating; he, who threshes, posses…
410 wordsSECTION 2611 Corinthians Ix. 17-20.
263 tvoL'yyiXifypou [if], I preach) This must be taken in the exclusive sense ; if I preach, and do so not gratuitously ; if I do nothing besides. — uvdyxri, necessity) Owing [duty] takes away glorying. — oval be, hut [yea] woe) hut intensive ; not only have I nothing, whereof I may glory, but even woe [to me, if …
434 wordsSECTION 2621 Corinthians Ix. 21~24.
are not defined by the law; for as under the law follows, although even those, who observed the laws of Noah, might have been called men occupying a place midway between the Jews under the law and men without the law. — ug vn'o vbfbov) dSv abrbg bno vofiov is subjoined in the oldest copies.1 * * * * * It was an omi…
386 wordsSECTION 2631 Corinthians Ix. 25.
These words, pivj — vopcou, are read in ABCD (A) G fg Vulg. Theb. But Rec. Text omits the words with Memph. Syr. and Orig. 1,391 c ; 3,515 f, 4,166 d.— Ed 265 very well known to the Corinthians. — 1tTg, one) Although we knew, that one alone would be saved, still it would be well worth our while to run. [ For what…
475 wordsSECTION 2641 Corinthians Ix. 26, 27.
of the wild olive, of the apple tree, of parsley and of the fir tree. Not only the crown, but the remembrance of it perishes. 26. ’e yu) I for my part. — dvrug) so , as I said, ver. 23: comp. ovru, so, ver. 24. — ovx ddyjXug, not uncertainly , I know what I aim at, and how to aim at it. He who runs with a clear aim…
416 wordsSECTION 265Chapter X.
267 1. Ov 6e\u de vfiag a yvoe/v, Moreover , I would not that you should he ignorant) The phrase refers to the whole passage ; for the Corinthians were acquainted with the history; comp. ix. 13. JThe particle moreover transfers the discourse from the singular, ix. 26, to the plural. — oi var'spsg fipuv, our father…
400 wordsSECTION 2661 Corinthians X. 3, 4.
bv the cloud and by the sea ; and as initiation, at Col. ii. 11, is described by circumcision, so here by baptism, a metaphor com- mon to the Old and New Testament ; comp. ch. v. 7. But they were baptized unta Moses, as the servant of God, Ex. xiv. 31, because they had begun to believe (in) him, and that they migh…
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rock is spoken of as following them, not on account of its follow- ing the people ; for it rather went before them ; but because, although at that time it was really present with them, ver. 9, yet it was only in after ages that at length it was made known to them ; comp, on the word axoXovh/v, to follow, 1 Tim. v. …
435 wordsSECTION 2681 Corinthians X. 8, 9.
the majority of the multitude easily follow, rushing both into sin and to punishment. — hdOicev, ? c.r.X.) So the lxx., Exod. xxxii. 6. — <payuv xat -r/g/V, to eat and drink) This quotation is much to the purpose; comp. ver. 21. — $ra/£s/v, to play) A joyful festival is here indicated {celebrated with lascivious da…
426 wordsSECTION 2691 Corinthians X. 10, 11.
271 which was Christ, ver. 4, they yet complained for want of water, Num. xxi. 5. Therefore they were also preserved from the fiery serpents, by raising a serpent on a pole, a type of Christ . As Abraham u saw Christ’s day” [John viii. 56], as Moses embraced u the reproach of Christ” [Heb. xi. 26], so the Israel- …
421 wordsSECTION 2701 Corinthians X. 12—16.
12. *0 doxuv) he , who stands, and thinks that he stands. — scrdvai , that he stands ) well-pleasing to God , ver. 5. — lest he fall ) ver. 8, 5. 13. Ileipatrfibg, temptation) It is mere human temptation, such as may be overcome by a man, when the man has to do either with himself, or with others like himself; to …
439 wordsSECTION 2711 Corinthians X. 17.
273 he dwells more on the consideration of the meat , ver. 21 ; men- tion is however made of the cup, because it is inseparable from the other element. The interchange of the order here is a proof, that the body of Christ is received separately, not inasmuch as it has the blood accompanying it. In mentioning food …
468 wordsSECTION 2721 Corinthians X. 18-22.
lx rou evbg uprov , of the one bread ) and therefore also of the ' one cup. 18. ToD 6u<na<rrripfou, of the altar ) and therefore, of God. He, to whom the offering is made, those things which are offered, the altar on which they are offered, have communion [a mutual tie in common], as is evident from the following …
427 wordsSECTION 2731 Corinthians X. 23-30.
275 weaker party is provoked without danger ; but it is different in the stronger. — Y. g.] 23. ’Zuf^pepsi, expedient) ver. 33. The power, by which all things s^sffnvj are lawful , is given by God : cv(jj<pspov, expedi- ency, is a thing affecting myself : ofaodo/ify edification, relates to another, 25. 1 Mrihh a…
420 wordsSECTION 274Chapter Xl
why am I assailed with reproaches for my thanksgiving? — &ya- pigrojj I give thanks) Thanksgiving sanctifies all meat ; it denies the authority of idols, and asserts the authority of God. — 1 Tim. iv. 3, 4 ; Rom. xiv. 6. 31. E/Ve, whether) A great first principle, comp. Jer. xxii. 15, 16. — iin n noitfri) or whats…
356 wordsSECTION 2751 Corinthians Xi. 3, 4.
277 jtiovj me) construed with you remember , or with all things , xvi. 14. — rrapeduxa — <7rapud6ffsic, I delivered — traditions [ ordinances ]) This is applied to doctrines, whether imparted to them by word of mouth, or by letters, whether they relate to mysteries, or cere- monies, ver. 23, xv. 3 ; 2 Thess. ii. 1…
463 wordsSECTION 2761 Corinthians Xi. 5.
men. In order to convince the women of their error, Paul speaks conditionally of the man. — rqv xstpu'krjv a uroD, his head) properly so called, as just before in this verse ; comp, note to ver. 6. Otherwise, the man praying with his head covered would sin more against Christ, than the woman against the man, with h…
435 wordsSECTION 2771 Corinthians Xi. 6, 7-10.
279 as a thing unbecoming men, especially men engaging in prayer. — eW/, is) Such a woman does not differ from one, that has been shaved. 6. KeipatQu, let her he shorn ) As the hinder part of the head is by nature in the man and the woman respectively, so in general it is becoming the forehead to be in its mode o…
463 wordsSECTION 2781 Corinthians Xi. 7-10.
man , as it were suspending the expression. But he proves, that she is the glory of the man, ver. 8, 9, as it were in a parenthesis ; from which it may also be gathered, why the man is the image and glory of God . Now since the woman is the glory of the man, she might at the same time be called the image of the man…
446 wordsSECTION 2791 Corinthians Xi. 8.
281 inferiors] do : comp, note on Greg. Thaum. Paneg. 160 ; as also demons lay more snares for the woman, 2 Pet. ii. 19. The sen- tence of the law against the man when seduced and overcome is in proportion to the seduction, and the victory gained over him ; but the woman was first overcome ; or farther , she is mo…
460 wordsSECTION 2801 Corinthians Xi. 10-12.
first man, so is the whole race of women to the men. — avdpbg, from the man) from the rib of the man. 10. ’ops/Xs/, ought) This verb differs from dsT, it is necessary : o<pe/\ei denotes obligation, dsT, necessity. The former is moral, the latter, as it were, physical necessity; as in the German, wir sollen und mil…
456 wordsSECTION 2811 Corinthians Xi. 13-16.
283 things) the man, the woman, and the mutual dependence of either upon the other. 13. ’Ei/ vjxTv avroTg, in yourselves) without a long explanation. — sVr/, is it?) a direct interrogation, as vi. 5. — yuvcuxa — ru> ©6-&, a woman — to God) Paul describes the leap, which the woman uncovered takes, passing beyond b…
446 wordsSECTION 2821 Corinthians Xi. 17-20.
17. Tovro) this, which follows. — vapayy'sXXUf [Engl. Vers. I declare ] I command) in the name of the Lord, ver. 23, xiv. 37. — ovtc enaivuv, not praising) the opposite is, I praise, ver. 2. The two parts into which this chapter is divided, are closely connected by this antithesis ; in the one the Corinthians were …
426 wordsSECTION 2831 Corinthians Xi. 21.
285 therefore has the effect of resuming the discourse, ver. 18. — ovx Zen <pays?v) there is not aught to eat , i.e. it does not fall to you to eat ; eating is prevented, viz. because the bread is withdrawn he therefore pointedly says, to eat. It is an indefinite expres- sion. [ Man kommt niclit dazu , wegen Ahgan…
447 wordsSECTION 2841 Corinthians Xi. 22-24.
npoXccfipavei, takes before ) when he ought to wait, ver. 33. — b rp <paye?v, in eating) Language which relates to the feeding of the body, ver. 33, etc., from which the Lord’s Supper very widely differs. — x«/, and) and one indeed (inasmuch as he has not) is hungry (and thirsty) : but another (inasmuch as he has, …
432 wordsSECTION 2851 Corinthians Xi. 25, 26.
287 that the Lord would have used the breaking of bread, if it had not been the common practice at that period. The passion of Christ is [should be] naturally before the eucharist hence the institution of the Supper took place immediately before the death of Christ. Therefore the body of Christ is said to be give…
460 wordsSECTION 2861 Corinthians Xi. 26.
separately , This is my blood. — V. g.] So also, He is mentioned in the Apocalypse as a lamb , that had been slain. — xarayysWen, ye announce [ show ]) The Indicative, with the for , is to be re- ferred to the, I have delivered , ver. 23. He convicts the Cor- inthians from their own practice, such as it was. New th…
441 wordsSECTION 2871 Corinthians Xi. 27.
289 Matt. xxvi. 29. This mystery joins the two closing periods of the two Dispensations, the Old and New. — uv) at whatever time His coming may take place.1 Then it will be drunk new , Matt, xxvi. 29. — g'Xfy, come) in glory, iv. 5. It is not called a return; comp. Acts i. 11, note. 27. "flffrs og ccv sffQ'iy} ro…
438 wordsSECTION 2881 Corinthians Xi. 28-32.
290 is one tiling, of eating, is another. u Some indeed say, that he excludes, not a person unworthy, but one receiving unworthily* from the sacred ordinance. If then even a worthy person ap- proaching unworthily is kept back, how much more an unworthy person, who cannot worthily partake?” — Pelagius among the wo…
424 wordsSECTION 289Chapter Xii.
291 33. "Xlm, therefore) The remedy and counsel suitably follow the reproof of vice, and the simpler the better. — -Ads X<poi /xov, my brethren) This appellation is suited to the conclusion. 34. n eivcZ, is hungry) that he may not wait. Anticipation.1 — Xo/cra, the rest) regarding the Lord’s Supper ; for presently…
373 wordsSECTION 2901 Corinthians Xii. 3.
e/duXot ra a (puva big ccv iiysdQs aftaybpjzvot) The analysis of these words will he easy, if we only keep hold of this thread of con- nection, on vjy.6 <rOs, that you were led; so that tjysgde is not to be regarded as a mere accessory proposition [Syncategorema ; see Append.], but the predicate itself ; comp. Eph.…
475 wordsSECTION 2911 Corinthians Xii. 4..
25)3 alone, i.e. with those who glorify J esus ; and that by means of those spiritual things faith in Jesus is proved ; for idols bestow nothing spiritual : when the superstition of the Gentiles was overthrown, there was not the same need of miraculous gifts. This is the alternative, he who glorifies Jesus, has th…
435 wordsSECTION 2921 Corinthians Xii. 5-8.
respectively with these names. The Spirit is treated of at ver. 7, etc. : the Lord at ver. 12, etc. : God at ver. 28, etc. — [Comp. Eph. iv. 4, 5, 6.] 5. Aiuxovi&v, of ministrations) ver. 28. — 6 di avr'og Kvpiog, but the same Lord ) The Son of God whom the Holy Ghost glorifies by those ministers. 6. ’ Evz pyrjfi…
435 wordsSECTION 2931 Corinthians Xii. 9.
295 teries) and knowledge , tongues being added, 1 Cor. xiii. 2, 8 ; either by revelation or by knowledge , or by prophesying , or by doctrine , ch. xiv. 6 : and here of wisdom and knowledge ; Col. ii. 3 ; Eph. i. 17, iii. 19. He speaks as of things, which are of daily occurrence among the Corinthians ; at present…
440 wordsSECTION 2941 Corinthians Xii, 10-13.
holy men can apprehend the will of God reconciled to us in Christ : and in these things [as respects this apprehension] there is not one faith working miracles, another saving faith, but one and the same faith. In its first act it always has a miraculous power; for it is something entirely supernatural, Eph. i. 19…
415 wordsSECTION 2951 Corinthians Xii. 14, 15.
297 all have been made to drink one Spirit. [ Omitting sit;, we have the true reading,1 Not. crit.], John vii. 37, etc. Hence also the unity of the body is inferred. I do not think however, that there is any direct allusion here to the Lord’s Supper, Mark x. 38, note. 14. Ka /' yap, for even) This protasis concer…
435 wordsSECTION 2961 Corinthians Xii. 16-24.
blandly contradicted : Thou art not therefore not of the body, thou dost not therefore cease to be of the body. The phraseo- logy of Theophilus of Antioch is very like this : ov rtapa rb ^ RXetruv roug rvtpXovs, %dyi xai ovx sffr/ rb <podg rov ijXiov (paTvovy it does not follow, that, because the blind do not see ,…
425 wordsSECTION 2971 Corinthians Xii. 25-28.
299 adorn smooth cheeks with patches ? 1 — GuvexepotGe) hath tempered together . — honour) comp. ver. 23, at the beginning. 25. *T ‘rsp aWfauv fAspi/jtvuffi, care for one another) This is ex- plained in the following verse. The plural fMipi/MvuG/, more ex- pressly denotes the care of all the members, than if it we…
400 wordsSECTION 2981 Corinthians Xii. 29, 31.-Xiii. 1.
introduced from ver. 10, 1 for ipi^uu yXwMu v is there in the singular number, and it is repeated in ver. 30. The want of the connecting particle [the asyndeton] is equivalent to the closing formula, etc., or et cetera. 29. Mj} -rams, are all ? [surely not]) i.e ., not very many are. — duvu/xeig, powers) viz., are…
283 wordsSECTION 2991 Corinthians Xiii. 2.
1 . E uv, if) All the gifts [ although they may be , in the highest degree , delightful , extensive , and useful . — V. g.] ought to be estimated, exercised, and elevated, according to love and its standard. The apostle introduces into the discussion of the 1 The margin of the second edition, with the Gnomon, is mo…
504 wordsSECTION 3001 Corinthians Xiii. 3, 4.
being a word of kindred meaning and immediately preceding. Of those gifts, which are enumerated at ch. xii., Paul at ch. xiii. selected such as are more remarkable, and to which the peculiar prerogatives of love are fitly opposed. Mysteries relate to things concealed ; knowledge comprehends things which are more re…
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