PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Expositor's Greek Testament — Volume 3
Nicoll, W. Robertson (editor), 1851-1923 · 383,339 words · 613 reading sections
486 Introduction
in Heb. ix. 10. Asceticism, it is true, is hardly a characteristic of Judaism. Yet fasting was considered to have a religious value, especially among the Pharisees, and Paul himself buffeted the body and brought it into bondage. Nor is it clear whether asceticism was regarded as an end in itself or a means to an en…
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as to its origin. In the modified form given to it by Klépper it scarcely seems worth contending for δέ: all. It is noteworthy that Paul does not, as in Galatians, attack this teaching by arguments drawn fromthe Ο.Τ. This has been explained by the view that the errors were not doctrinal but practical. But this see…
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resting on human tradition, with the elements of the world and not Christ for its content; in holding fast to antiquated ordinances it lets slip the substance to grasp the shadow; it is, in spite of its humility, a manifestation of fleshly conceit, but devoid of real wisdom ; and the things from which it commands a…
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combinations of two or three dependent genitives, accumulated synonyms, numerous compound words. But these features may be partially paralleled in the earlier letters ; and where they cannot be we may rightly lay stress on the difference of Paul’s circumstances and the problems with which he had to deal. Letters wr…
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thought that Ephesians was genuine and Colossians the copy. If one Epistle is copied from the other, suspicion is aroused only against the copy; and since, if this is the relation, Colossians is more likely than Ephesians to be the original, we should find in this fact a proof of the genuineness of the former. For …
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difference in letters written together was quite to be expected. No trace of the process has been left in the textual evidence, and this is a cogent argument against the theory. The only alternative, then, to Holtzmann’s view seems to be that both letters were written by Paul; and thus his investigation becomes the…
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During the latter part of his imprisonment at Caesarea he knew that he was going to Rome. It would be necessary then to place the letter in the earlier part. But it does not well suit this, for Paul had for a long time been anxious to see Rome, and it is most unlikely that he should think of going to Colossz first.…
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Of patristic commentaries those of Chrysostom (Homilies), Theodore of Mopsuestia and Theodoret may be mentioned. Of later commentaries earlier than the modern period Calvin and Bengel are perhaps the most important. The chief modern com- mentaries by foreign writers are those of De Wette, Meyer, Ewald, Hofmann, Kl…
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works on New Testament Theology and on Paulinism may be consulted. Everling’s Die paulinische Angelologie und Damonologie is the best work on a subject of great importance for the correct understanding of the Epistle. Lueken’s Michael (1898) may also be mentioned. H. St. John Thackeray's The Relation of St. Paul t…
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496 d iv. 3, e With ev, Gal. iii. 26; Eph i. 15; 1 Tim. iii. 13:2 Τἶπ,ς, διὰ τὴν ‘édwida τὴν " ἀποκειμένην ὑμῖν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ili. 15. f Objective, Rom. viii. 24; Gal. v. 5; Tit. ii. 14. 1 So W.H., R.V. with ΒΟ", possibly by assimilation to 6. π. (ver. 2). T., Tr. with AC?DcKLP, probably to avoid unusua…
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Ver. 5. διὰ τὴν ἐλπίδα. This is con- nected by Bengel, followed by several recent commentators (Hofm., ΚΙ., OL, Haupt, Weiss, Abb.), with εὐχαριστοῦμεν. Having heard of their faith and love, Paul gives thanks for the hope laid up for them in heaven. Lightfoot and Soden urge that in this way the triad of Christia…
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acc. Xi. 63; only k Middle only here. “the word of truth, even the Gospel,” though it is often explained as the word of truth announced in the Gospel. It is not clear what λόγ. τ. GA. means. Several give the genitive an adjectival force, ‘‘the true word,” but more prob- ably it expresses the content, the word …
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Ver. 7. καθὼς, {.ε., in the manner in which. Paul thus sets the seal of his approval on the form of the Gospel which they had learnt from their teacher, and also on the teacher himself.—’Ewadpa. Epaphras was apparently the founder of the Colossian Church, ἐμάθετε referrin co the same time as ἠκούσατε. Heh remai…
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συνέσει πνευματικῇ, IO. περιπατῆσαι ἀξίως τοῦ Κυρίου εἰς πᾶσαν Ρ ἀρεσκείαν, ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ ἀγαθῷ καρποφοροῦντες καὶ αὐξανόμενοι ρ ᾽ PY’ Ὗ τ ρ ρ 9 υ μ τῇ ἐπιγνώσει τοῦ Θεοῦ, 11. ἐν πάσῃ δυνάμει “ δυναμούμενοι κατὰ τὸ κράτος τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ, εἰς πᾶσαν ὑπομονὴν καὶ μακροθυμίαν Eth, Eud., ii., 3; Pol., vi., 2, εἰς. ; D…
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ζοο τ Absol., 1 Cor. viii. μετὰ χαρᾶς, 12. εὐχαριστοῦντες τῷ " πατρὶ τῷ " ἱκανώσαντι 1 ὑμᾶς 3 63 2.Cor εἰς τὴν ἐ" μερίδα τοῦ "' κλήρου τῶν ἁγίων ἐν τῷ φωτί, 13. “és (quot); ἐρύσατο ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῆς “ ἐξουσίας τοῦ σκότους καὶ μετέστησεν eis 4: Eph. ii. 18; Acts i. 4, 7, li. 3; 1 ο. here and 2 Cor. vi. 15; 18 w Luke …
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τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς ἀγάπης αὐτοῦ, 14. ἐν ᾧ ἢ ἀπολύτρωσιν, τὴν “ἄφεσιν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν - 15. ὅς ἐστιν εἰκὼν τοῦ 501 = x Plut., Pomp., p. 631 B; Jos., Ant., ΧΙ 2) 3% ἔχομεν τὴν Philo, Qu. om. pr. lib., ἃ 171 Diod., Fragm., xxxvii., 53; in LXX only Dan. iv. 30; in N.T. ten times. 1 So edd. (except Ln. ed. m…
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Ver. 14. This verse is parallel to Eph. i. 7. ἐν ᾧ: not by whom, but in whom; if we possess Christ, we possess in Him our deliverance.—éxopev: (present) we have as an abiding possession.—-atroAv- τρωσιν: “deliverance”. The word is generally interpreted as ransom by pay- ment of a price, for which Mark x. 45, δο…
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τ6. of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (iv. 6), and it is the unbelieving on whom ‘‘the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God,”’ does not shine (iv. 4), These passages illustrate Paul’s language here, and show that it is not, as Oltramare argues, of physical visibilit…
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303 explained to be after the προ or πρωτο in πρωτότοκος (cf. John i. 15, ὅτι πρῶτός pov ἦν). This, as Lightfoot says, ‘unduly strains the grammar,” and on this ac- count it seems best to exclude the tem- poral element altogether. The pre-exist- ence is sufficiently asserted in what follows. There seems to be n…
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cation by locality,” while τὰ ὁρατὰ κ. τ. ἀόρατα is a “classification by essence”. The two do not precisely correspond, for the divisions cross each other to some extent, though some confine the things in heaven to the world of spirits, and the things on earth to the world of men, ΠΡΟΣ KOAOSSAEIS κ. καὶ τὰ ἀόρα…
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Ver. 17. αὐτός ἐστιν. αὖτ. is emphatic, He and no other. Lightfoot (followed by Westcott and Hort and Ellicott) accents ἔστιν, “He éxists,” on account of the present, and com- pares ἐγὼ εἰμί (John viii. 58). But there eyo εἰμί stands alone, whereas here αὖτ. ἐστ. is completed by πρὸ πάντων. Besides, there is no…
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(PlatoRehu αὐτός ἐστιν πρὸ πάντων καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ *ouvéornxer, 18. καὶ Arist., de Mun., vi. αὐτός ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ σώματος τῆς ἐκκλησίας " ὅς ἐστιν ἀρχή,ὶ 471; Philo, πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, ἵνα γένηται ἐν πᾶσιν αὐτὸς © πρωτεύων, de Plant., Noe 2, 4 Quis rer. div. haer. 12. g Class.; LXX; only here in …
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18—20. 10. ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ εὐδόκησεν πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα κατοικῆσαι, 20. καὶ δι αὐτοῦ " ἀποκαταλλάξαι τὰ πάντα εἰς αὐτόν, ' εἰρηνοποιήσας διὰ τοῦ or Bib. Gk. Elsewhere in Paul καταλ., but Rom. v. 10 (bis); i Prov. x. 10; Hermes in Stob.; only here in N.T. only. as parallels, all of which, however, are not clear). ἐκκλ. i…
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56} 3} Only here, ver. 21, and Eph. ii. 16 i in class. 1 Cor. vii. 11; 2 Cor. ν. 18-20 (ter) true that the subject from ver. 15 is, for the most part, the Son. But the usage of Paul leads us to think of the Father, not of the Son, as the One who forms the eternal purpose (Eph. i. 9, 2 Cor. ν. 10). Nor does …
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αἵματος τοῦ σταυροῦ αὐτοῦ, δι᾽ αὐτοῦ] εἴτε τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς εἴτε τὰ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, 21. καὶ ὑμᾶς ποτὲ ὄντας * ἀπηλλοτρίωμένους καὶ .Η.1, Lft., R.V., Ws. with ΝΔΟΡΟΕΕΚΡ. δι᾽ avrov: omitted by Ln., 19, 20 give the ground (ὅτι) on which the Son's universal pre-eminence rests, and ver. 20 is quite incompatible with t…
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Ver. 20. Το this verse Eph. 1. 10, ii. 16, are partially parallel. It supplies the basis for the Son’s pre-eminence (ver. 18) in His reconciling death.—8v αὐτοῦ: through the ϑοη.--ἀαποκαταλλάξαι τὰ πάντα εἰς αὐτόν. The choice of ἀποκατ. instead of the more usual καταλλ. is for the sake of strengthening the idea,…
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δι 1 Onl here ἐχθροὺς τῇ διανοίᾳ ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς πονηροῖς. 22. νυνὶ δὲ ἀπο- Ξι Ν.. Tim. iii. κατηλλάγητε ἐν τῷ σώματι τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ διὰ τοῦ θανάτου," 10; Tit.i. παραστῆσαι ὑμᾶς ἁγίους καὶ ἀμώμους καὶ ' ἀνεγκλήτους κατενώπιον 6, 7 in N.T. 1 So Ln., Tr. mg., W.H. mg., ΚΕΝ. mg., Lft., Ws. with B. αποκατηλλα…
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Ὁ remains inexplicable. Nor is it the Old Testament or the Jewish doctrine, or, it may be added, the doctrine of Paul. Perhaps we need not, with Gess, think of an intermediate class, or, with Ritschl, 22. of the angels of the Law. To Jewish thought angels stood in the closest rela- tions with men, and were rega…
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511 God (so Eph. ii. 16, also 2 Cor. v. 18-20, Rom. v. 10). We should also have ex- pected δι᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς αὐτόν if Christ had been meant. On the other hand, the reference to Christ is favoured by the fact that elsewhere in this passage αὐτός always refers to Christ, and by the parallel with ver. 16, ἐν αὐτῷ …
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τῷ Onlyhere αὐτοῦ, 23. εἴ γε ἐπιμένετε τῇ πίστει τεθεμελιωμένοι καὶ ™ ἑδραῖοι and 1 Cor. Vii. 37. χν. καὶ μὴ "μετακινούμενοι ἀπὸ τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ εὐαγγελίου οὗ ἠκούσατε, 8in N.T. 5 Only here τοῦ κηρυχθέντος ἐν πάσῃ κτίσει τῇ ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν, οὗ ἐγενόμην ἐγὼ Παῦλος διάκονος. tinued in ver. 22, where the thought is …
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23—24. 24.1 Νῦν χαίρω ἐν τοῖς παθήμασιν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, καὶ " ἀνταναπληρῶ 513 ὃ Σ τ «ορ τὶ = τὰ ὑστερήματα τῶν ° θλίψεων τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου ὑπὲρ τοῦ οπὶν here. 1 So edd. with non-Western authorities, perhaps by homceoteleuton. ος: inserted before νυν by Haupt with DEFG, perhaps by dittography. See note. do w…
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33 514 σώματος αὐτοῦ, ὅ ἐστιν ἡ ἐκκλησία, 25. ἧς ἐγενόμην ἐγὼ διάκονος, κατὰ τὴν οἰκονομίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι εἰς ὑμᾶς πληρῶσαι ver. 24, for νῦν is not transitional. And with it the appeal to their loyalty in οὗ ἐγεν. ἐγὼ Π. διάκ. is greatly strengthened. —viv χαίρω: “I now rejoice,” not “ now, in contr…
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posthac et caeteris relinquitur. oc facit communio sanctorum.” Cremer similarly says that the defect is not in what Christ suffered, but in the com- munion of the Church in His sufferings. Paul concentrates on himself the hate of the world against Christ and His Church, (5) The sufferings are the sufferings of …
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Ver. 25. ἧς ἐγενόμην ἐγὼ διάκονος, With these words Paul returns to ver. 23, speaking of himself here, however, as a minister of the Church, there of the Gospel. Because he is a minister of the Church, it is a joy to suffer for its wel- fare. He proceeds to explain what his peculiar (ἐγὼ emphatic) ministry is.— …
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mystery is said to have been concealed ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων). But we have no evi- dence that yeveal was ever used in this way, and no parallel for this use of αἰῶνες in N.T. Without identifying the terms with personal existences, we may with Haupt (cf. also Soden) take αἰῶνες of the ages before the world, and γενεαί o…
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27---20. 5 τῆς δόξης, 28. ὃν ἡμεῖς καταγγέλλομεν, " νουθετοῦντες πάντα ἄν- τ Paul only in N.1t, θρωπον καὶ διδάσκοντες πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ, ἵνα παραστήσωμεν πάντα ἄνθρωπον τέλειον ἐν Χριστῷ 29. εἰς ὃ καὶ κοπιῶ, ἀγωνιζόμενος κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐν δυνάμει. in the sense of t…
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Ver. 29. εἰς ὃ: to achieve which end, -- κοπιῶ expresses toil carried to the point of weariness. — ἀγωνιζόμενος : a metaphor from the arena. Meyer takes the reference to be to inward striving against difficulties and hostile forces. 518 a Only here, Gal. vi. τί (B 17); ere 5 ἐξ νὰ b Only here, 5; Heb. vi.…
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Il. IT. 1. ΘΕΛΩ γὰρ ὑμᾶς εἰδέναι " ἡλίκον ἀγῶνα ἔχω ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν καὶ τῶν ἐν Λαοδικίᾳ καὶ ὅσοι οὐχ ἑόρακαν τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἐν σαρκί, 2. ἵνα παρακληθῶσιν ai καρδίαι αὐτῶν, συνβιβασθέντες ἐν ἀγάπῃ 1 Thess.i. καὶ εἰς πᾶν πλοῦτος τῆς " πληροφορίας τῆς συνέσεως, εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἐν σαρκί: to be taken with τὸ πρ. pov, not wit…
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519 ν A “ A e ε ‘ τοῦ μυστηρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ, Χριστοῦ, 3. ἐν ᾧ εἰσὶν πάντες οἱ θησαυροὶ © Only here, τῆς σοφίας καὶ γνώσεως * ἀπόκρυφοι. Mark iv. 22; Luke viii. 17 in 1 So edd. with B, Hil. του Qeovo εστιν Χριστος: D, by explanation ; του Θεου του εν Χριστω: 17, by explanation: του Θεου: DbP 37, 67**, 71, by omiss…
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520 d Class. only bere Il. 4. τοῦτο ] λέγω ἵνα μηδεὶς ὑμᾶς "παραλογίζηται ἐν * πιθανολογίᾳ. and Jat 5+ εἰ γὰρ καὶ τῇ σαρκὶ ἄπειμι, ἀλλὰ τῷ πνεύματι σὺν ὑμῖν εἰμί, © Only here χαίρων καὶ βλέπων ὑμῶν τὴν τάξιν καὶ τὸ "στερέωμα τῆς εἰς Χριστὸν Gk. 1So T., W.H., Κ.Υ. with NAB. δε: inserted after rovro by Ln., [Tr.]…
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4—8. πίστεως ὑμῶν. 3 πο Ἂ ο) , >A ἐν αὐτῷ περιπατεῖτε, 7. ἐρριζωμένοι καὶ ἐποικοδομούμενοι ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ βεβαιούμενοι τῇ πίστει καθὼς ἐδιδάχθητε, περισσεύοντες] ἐν εὐχαριστίᾳ. 1So T., Tr., R.V., Ws. with SAC 17. 8. βλέπετε μή τις ὑμᾶς ἔσται $21 6. ὡς οὖν παρελάβετε τὸν Χριστὸν ᾿Ιησοῦν τὸν Κύριον, t f Only here…
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522 Il. € ti. 20; Gal.® φιλοσοφίας καὶ κενῆς ἀπάτης κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, iv. 3, cf. νεο. κατὰ τὰ " στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου καὶ οὐ κατὰ Χριστόν ' 9. ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ Pet. iii. 10, 12; Heb. v. 12. lack of any indication that Paul had two evils to attack. The meaning is “ his philosophy, which is vain deceit”…
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9. by Lipsius, Holsten and Klépper, regards them as the astral spirits, the angels of the heavenly bodies. That the latter were regarded as animated by angels is certain, for we find this belief in Philo and Enoch (cf. Job xxxviii. 7, Jas. i. 17). But it is strange that the spirits of the stars should be called…
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521 ness dwelt.—év αὐτῷ is emphatic, in Him and in Him alone.—xarouket: ‘* perman- ently dwells”. The reference is to the Exalted State, not only on account of the present, but of the context and Paul’s Christology Ρεπετα]]γ.--πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα τῆς θεότητος: 411 the fulness of the Godhead’’. πᾶν is emphatic, the w…
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Il. «τε, κατοικεῖ πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα τῆς “θεότητος “σωματικῶς, το. καὶ ἐστὲ ἐν αὐτῷ πεπληρωμένοι, ds! ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλὴ πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας, μα τν ᾧ καὶ περιετµήθητε περιτομῇ " ἀχειροποιήτῳ ἐν τῇ ᾿ ἀπεκδύσει 1 So T., Tr., W.H., R.V., Ws. with RACKLP. by dropping out οἷς before eo. various views, Haupt puts forward …
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iii, 3.--οπεριτομῇ ἀχειροποιήτῳ: with 2 1o—I2. 525 Ἢ ΄ν ~ a A i 1 τοῦ σώματος τῆς σαρκός, ἐν τῇ περιτομῇ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, 12. ' συντα- ἷ Only here φέντες αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ βαπτισμῷ,! ἐν ᾧ καὶ συνηγέρθητε διὰ τῆς πίστεως and Rom. vi. 4 in Bib. Gk. 1 So Ln. mg., Tr., Lft., Ws. with cBD*FG 47,71. βαπτισματι; T., W.H. with …
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‘expresses the process, the latter the re- sult.—év ᾧ may refer either to Xp. or to Baw. The former view is taken by Chry- sostom (followed by Luther, Meyer and many others). The latter is taken by Calvin and most recent commentators (De W., Hofm., Alf., Ell., Lightf., ΚΙ., Sod., Haupt, Abb.). In favour of the …
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Ver. 13. Partially parallel to Eph. ii. I, 5.---καὶ ὑμᾶς : “and you", Frequently this is taken to mean “you also,” i.¢., you Gentiles. But since Paul has been using the second person before, he can hardly be introducing a contrast. We should therefore take καὶ as simply copu- lative. It means“ you as well as Chr…
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528 Il. 0 Only Ret? προσηλώσας αὐτὸ τῷ σταυρῷ, 15. ? ἀπεκδυσάμενος τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ and iii. 9 in class. Ε or Bib. . κ. 6 q Only here and Matt. i. 19 in class. or Bib. Gk. p Only here τὰς ἐξουσίας * ἐδειγμάτισεν } 19ο Ln., Τ., Tr., W.H., R.V. with all authorities except B. Ws. with B. to have had τὸ ἐν δόγ. El…
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Ver. 15. In this difficult verse the meaning of almost every word is dis- puted. It is therefore imperative to con- trol the exegesis by strict regard to the context. The main question relates to the character of the principalities and powers. Subordinate questions are raised as to the subject of the sentence an…
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529 the other view. In effect Paul says, “You are worshipping angels who were degraded when Christ was crucified”. We may therefore take apy. κ. ἐξ, as in the rest of the Epistle, as angelic powers, identical with στοιχεῖα τ. κόσμου, and holding a special relation to the Law. The next question is as to the mean…
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Il. 16. Μὴ οὖν τις ὑμᾶς κρινέτω ἐν βρώσει καὶ ἐν *wécer! ἢ ἐν μέρει ᾿ ἑορτῆς ἢ “νεομηνίας ἢ "σαββάτων, 17. ὅ 3 ἐστιν " σκιὰ τῶν μελ- in - Nr. ἢ t Only here in Paul. u Only here and 1 Cor. xvi. 2 in Paul. v Heb. x. 1; only here ‘au 1So Tr. mg., W.H., Ws. with B cop., Or. η εν ποσει: Ln., T., W.H. mg. with NACDEFG…
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clear from ἀφειδίᾳ σώματος in ver. 23. —tv μέρει: “in the matter of,” μέρ. 16—18, λόντων, τὸ δὲ σῶμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ. 2 , ers , aA > 1 θέλων ἐν ταπεινοφροσύνῃ καὶ “θρησκείᾳ τῶν ἀγγέλων, ἃ ' ἑόρακεν “ ἐμβατεύων, εἰκῇ ” φυσιούμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ νοὸς τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ, Il., i., 402 ff. times) in class. or Bib. Gk. x Only h…
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532 z Only here and Eph. iv. 16 -) in NT. required. ταπεινοφροσύνῃ is frequently explained as ironical. By a display of humility they beguiled their dupes. But the connexion with the following words makes this improbable. Their humility found an expression in angel worship. It is therefore that lowliness wh…
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19. καὶ οὐ κρατῶν τὴν κεφαλήν, ἐξ οὗ πᾶν τὸ σῶμα διὰ τῶν "ἁφῶν καὶ συνδέσμων ἐπιχορηγούμενον καὶ συνβιβαζόμενον αὔξει upon,” “to invade,” then in ἃ figurative sense “to investigate”. Since ἃ ἑόρακεν also lends itself to diametrically oppo- site interpretations, the exegesis mes doubly uncertain. It may mean th t…
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4.5. 20. εἰ ὀπεθάνετε σὺν Χριστῷ ἀπὸ τῶν στοιχείων τοῦ κόσμου, τί ὡς ζῶντες ἐν κόσμῳ ° δογματίζεσθε, “fly in the air with nothing to rest upon” may have suggested the phrase to Paul. This emendation is accepted by West- cott and Hort, and regarded as the most probable by Zahn, who says that the text as it stand…
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534 ὁ Only here 21. Μὴ ἅψῃ μηδὲ γεύσῃ μηδὲ * Il. θίγῃς, 22. (& ἐστιν πάντα εἰς φθορὰν τῇ xi. 28, κἩ, ν ἀποχρήσει), κατὰ τὰ “ἐντάλματα καὶ διδασκαλίας τῶν ἀνθρώπων ; 20 (quot.) in N.T. b Only here in Bib. Gk. διδ.) in N.T. “being supplied and united”. Often the supply is thought to be of nourishment, but perh…
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21---23, 5.3.5 23. ἅτινά ἐστιν λόγον μὲν ἔχοντα σοφίας ἐν “ ἐθελοθρησκείᾳ καὶ ἃ Only here in class. ταπεινοφροσύνῃ Kat! Pdedia σώματος οὐκ ἐν τιμῇ τινί, πρὸς or Bib. "πλησμονὴν τῆς σαρκός. 1 80 [Ln.], T., Tr. [W.H.], R.V., Ws. with all Greek MSS. except Β. omitted by B, m, Or. (Lat.), Hil. fore best to adhere t…
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536 III. 1. Εἰ οὖν συνηγέρθητε τῷ Χριστῷ, τὰ ἄνω ζητεῖτε, οὗ ὁ Χριστός ἐστιν, ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ Θεοῦ καθήμενος - 2. τὰ ἄνω φρονεῖτε μὴ “with a view (ο, and if the object is a word signifying action or the production of an effect it will mean with a view to (producing). ‘ Hence it seems to follow that unless πλησμονή …
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τ----. 537 τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, 3. ἀπεθάνετε γάρ, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ὑμῶν κέκρυπται σὺν 3 Only here τῷ Χριστῷ ἐν τῷ Θεῷ - 4. ὅταν ὁ Χριστὸς φανερωθῇ, ἡ ζωὴ ἡμῶν, τότε καὶ ὑμεῖς σὺν αὐτῷ φανερωθήσεσθε ἐν δόξῃ. 3 Η Greta, ΕΝ a A , > , ἢ: 9 οὖν τὰ μέλη 2 τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, πορνείαν, ἀκαθαρσίαν, ἢ" πάθος, ἐπι- and Rom. iv. 19, Heb…
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