PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Expositor's Greek Testament — Volume 3
Nicoll, W. Robertson (editor), 1851-1923 · 383,339 words · 613 reading sections
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Ver. I. παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς ἐγὼ ὁ δέσµιος ἐν Κυρίῳ: I therefore, the pris- oner in the Lord, beseech (or, exhort) you. In more exact accordance with the order of the words—* I beseech you, therefore, I the prisoner in the Lord”. The οὖν connects the practical charge with the preceding statement of doctrine and pri…
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(cf. Acts xx. 19; Phil. ii, 3; Col. iii. 12; 1 Pet. v. 5; Col. ii. 18, 23, of a false humility). πὶ » or better πραύτης (TTrWH) in oe form and without iota subscript ; cf. Buttm., Gram. of N. T. Greek, p. 26 (who regards the form πρᾷος as apparently “ unknown to the lan of the NT”); and Blass, Gram. of ΝΣ Greek…
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Ver. 3. σπουδάζοντες τηρεῖν τὴν ἑνό- τητα τοῦ πνεύματος: giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit. Further de- scription of the mutual forbearance in re- spect of the inward effort required, but introducing also the larger, fundamental idea of unity. σπουδάζω, which conveys the idea of exertion, is bette…
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s1 Cor. vii. πνεῦμα, καθὼς Kal! ἐκλήθητε "ἐν μιᾷ ἐλπίδι τῆς " κλήσεως ὑμῶν" Thess. ἵν. 5. εἷς κύριος, μία πίστις, ἓν βάπτισμα, 6. εἷς θεὸς καὶ; πατὴρ 7. 1 και (after καθως) om. Β 19, 32, 39, 43, 55, 114, 213-38, al., Vulg., Syr., Goth., Chr.,, Ambrst. 2 After θεος om. και 38, 47, 114, Syr., Ar.-erp., Eth., Chr.-te…
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5--8, 323 πάντων, ὁ "ἐπὶ πάντων 1 καὶ "διὰ πάντων καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν. 7. évl t Rom. ix. 5 δὲ ἑκάστῳ ἡμῶν ὃ ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις κατὰ τὸ " μέτρον τῆς * δωρεᾶς τοῦ u Constr., χριστοῦ. xii. 8; Rom. iii. 22; pec. to Paul. Paul only. x Ch. iii. 7 reff. z Ps, Ixvii. 18, a=Luke i. 78, xxiv. 49. Num. xxi. 1; Jud. ν. 12; 2 Chron. xx…
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Ver. 8. διὸ λέγει: wherefore He saith, when He ascended on high. The διό introduces the words which follow as a confirmation of what has just been said ; and these words are not a parenthesis, but part of a direct and continuous state- ment; = ‘the fact that it is thus with Christ and His gift, and that the grac…
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gifts of ρταςε.---ἠχμάλωτενσεν αἱ ω- σίαν: He led captivity captive. the original "AW FAW, the abstract αἰχ- μαλωσίαν (= “a body of captives ” chosen according to a familiar usage if. Num. xxxi. 12; 2 Chron. xxviii. rr; see Win.-Moult., p. 282), instead of the con- crete αἰχμαλώτους (" captives”’), adds to the …
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325 17 only. e=Rom. x, 7. f Here only; Ps, Ixii. 9. 1 ey ἀνθρωποις FG, Orig., Euseb., Hil., Jer., etc. * After κατ. insert πρωτον $°BC*KLP, al., Vss., Thdrt., Dam., Ambrst.-ms., Oec.- comm. ; προτερον 120; N*AC*DEFGO 17, 46, 67°, 43, al., It., am., Copt., Sahid., Eth., Thdrt., Cyr., Chr.-comm., Oec.-text, Iren., …
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326 descended [ first}? The TR inserts πρῶ- τον, with BNQ*C*KLP, most cursives, Syr., Vulg., Goth., Arm., etc. The omission of πρῶτον is supported by ΝΔ", 17, Boh., Sah., Eth., etc. The documentary evidence is pretty fairly balanced. The reponderance, however, on the whole, is on the side of the omission, espec…
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And if the latter is the case, in what aspect and with what particular signifi- cance is His visit to the world of the dead resented ? On these questions there as been and there continues to be great diversity of opinion. Both interpretations have large support. That the “ lower parts of the earth" mean simply e…
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in reproducing the Hebrew NAN 8971. If Hades had been intended, it is strange that Paul did not select one or other of the more familiar and quite unambiguous phrases which are used elsewhere, e.g., ἕως ἅδου (Matt. χι. 23), eis ἅδου (Acts ii. 27), or such a formula as εἰς τὴν καρδίαν τῆς γῆς (Matt. xii. 40), εἰ…
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ΕΟ, αι TO, ὁ καταβὰς αὐτός ἐστιν καὶ ὁ ἀναβὰς " ὑπεράνω πάντων ' τῶν τε, Ὁ Acts ii. 2 οὐρανῶν, ἵνα Ἡ πληρώσῃ ” τὰ πάντα. v.28; = Rom, xv. 13. i Ch. i. 22 reff. 1QOmit, P 113 Thdrt., Euseb, view not only ascended but also descen- ded. Hence what is in the writer’s mind here is held not to be the incarnation or …
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ro—II, 329 μὲν " ἀποστόλους, τοὺς δὲ " προφήτας, τοὺς δὲ ᾿ εὐαγγελιστὰς, τοὺς k Ch. iii. 5 . το δὲ ™ ποιμένας καὶ " διδασκάλους, 12. πρὸς Tov! “ καταρτισμὸν τῶν | Acts xxi. iv. 5. Τὴ John x. 2, εἴς.» but=here only; see Jer. iii. 15; Ezek. xxxiv. passim. 1 Cor, xii, 28, 29; 2 Tim. iv. 3; Heb. v. 12; James iii. 1.…
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330 pq Here onl ἁγίων, εἰς " ἔργον Ἱδιακονίας,! εἰς "οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ "σώματος τοῦ γ. . q=Rom. χί. "χριστοῦ, 13. "μέχρι " καταντήσωμεν 3 "οἱ ὃ "πάντες "εἰς τὴν I r=Rom. xiv. 19, xv. 2; Paul only. Mark xiii. 30. s=1 Cor. xii. 27; Col. ii. 17. u Acts xvi. 1; 1 Cor. xiv. 36 il, iii I t Constr., here only; sea ; P…
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12. the general idea of making ἄρτιος, /it, complete, is used in the sense of repairing literally (Matt. iv. 21; Mark i. 10), re- storing in a spiritual or disciplinary sense Gal. vi. 1), perfecting or making perfect Matt. xxi. 16; 1 Thess. iii, 10; 1 Pet. ν. το, etc.), and also in that of preparing, furnishing…
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931 the ultimate end; as if = “" Christ, with a view to the full, final perfecting of the saints, gave Apostles, prophets, etc. for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ”. But this gives a somewhat awkward and involved construction, and reduces the force of the third clause, which wou…
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“évérynta τῆς πίστεως καὶ τῆς " ἐπιγνώσεως τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ," x Ch. i. 17 εἰς 7 ἄνδρα " τέλειον, εἰς " μέτρον "ἡλικίας τοῦ " πληρώματος τοῦ ren, y James iii.2; see Col. i, 28, iv. 12. b Ch. i. a1. z Ver. 7 reff, a=Luke ii. 52, xix. 3 only; John ix. a1, 1+, νιον om. FG, Clem.,, Lucif, Ver. 13. μέχρι καταντήσωμε…
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13--14. Χριστοῦ, 14. ἵνα μηκέτι ὦμεν φερόμενοι παντὶ only; Isa. Ivii. 20 vat.; f Matt. xi. 7; Jude 12. h Here only. Jos., Antt., ix., 11, ο νήπιοι, ἃ Τ ἀνέμῳ τῆς "διδασκαλίας ἐν τῇ 3503 κλυδωνιζόμενοι καὶ “ περι- εΞΙ Cor. ili. τ "kuBeia! τῶν Paul. d Here e=Heb, xiii. 9; Jude 12; Eccl. vii. 8. g(M att. xv…
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334 (Matt. xxi. 16; 1 Cor. xiii. 11), and then minors (Gal. iv. 1), the immature or un- taught (Matt. xi. 25; Rom. ii. 20; Heb. v. 13, εἰς.).---κλυδωνιζόμενοι : tossed to and fro. κλύδων means a dashing or surging wave (Luke viii. 24 ; James i. 6; cf. Thayer-Grimm’s Lexz., sub voce); and κλυδωνιζόμενοι means to…
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sions show how difficult it is to do justice to this sentence in English, The AV takes refuge in a paraphrase, ‘‘and cun- ning craftiness whereby they lie in wait to deceive’’. Wicl. gives “το the deceiv- ing of error "’; Cov., “το the deceitfulness of error’’; Bish., ‘‘in craftiness to the laying in wait of err…
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et 335 ἀνθρώπων, ἐν | πανουργίᾳ] πρὸς τὴν " μεθοδείαν 2 τῆς ᾿ πλάνης, i= Luke xx 15. '' ἀληθεύοντες " δὲ ἐν ἀγάπῃ " αὐξήσωμεν " εἰς αὐτὸν τὰ πάντα, i. το; a or. iv. 2, xi. 3 only; Josh. ix. 4. xiii. 18. n Ch. ii. ar. 1 Matt. xxvii. 64; Rom. i. 27; Prov. xiv. 8. κ Ch, vi. 11 only, see 2 Kings xix. 27; Polycarp. …
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336 oCh.i.22 ὅς ἐστιν ἡ “κεφαλὴ, χριστὸς, 16. ἐξ οὗ πᾶν τὸ σῶμα "συναρμολο- reff. ᾿ 9 r o a. 8 δ p Ch ἢ. 2x γούμενον καὶ «συμβιβαζόμενον διὰ πάσης ᾿ ἁφῆς τῆς " ἐπιχορηγίας on 'y. q Col. ii. 19 only; Isa. xl. 14 al. r Col. ii. 19 only. s Phil. i. 19 only 1ο Xp. DG, etc. ; omit ο ABC 17, 673, 73, Bas., Cyr., Did…
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to express specially the harmony of the building and the συμβιβαζόμενον its so- lidity; and by Ellicott, who thinks the idea of the former is that of the aggre- gation of the parts, and of the latter that of their inter-adaption. But at the most the difference does not seem to go beyond the notions of joining (ἁ…
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will specify the way in which the growth is to be made. With the sense of joint the clause will be best attached to the participles preceding it (especially in view of the clause in Col. ΠΠ. το), and will define the means by which the framing and compacting are effected. (See especially Light. on Col. ii. 19.) T…
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ς Ver. 1 reff. 17. Τοῦτο οὖν λέγω καὶ “ μαρτύρομαι ' "ἐν κυρίῳ, μηκέτι ὑμᾶς 36 (Paul) “ περιπατεῖν καθὼς καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ἔθνη ” περιπατεῖ ἐν 4 ματαιότητι d Rom. viii. 20; 2 Pet. ii. 18 only; Ps. xxx. 6. * Before εθν. om. λοιπα ΝΑΒΡΙΕΟΣ το, 17, 47, 51, 67%, ἆ, e, f, g,m, Vulg., Copt., Sah., Aith., Clem., Cyr., Lat. Fa…
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17—18, 339 τοῦ νοὸς αὐτῶν, 18. " ἐσκοτισμένοι ' τῇ ᾿ διανοίᾳ dvtes,” " ἀπηλλοτ- e=Rom. 1. II, Xi. 10 ριωμένοι τῆς "ζωῆς τοῦ "θεοῦ, διὰ τὴν | ἄγνοιαν ὃ τὴν οὖσαν only; Ps. f Ch, ii. 3 τοῦ, μ Ch. ii. 12 reff. h Here only. Ixviii. 23. i Acts iii. 17, xvii. 30; 1 Pet. i. 14; Lev. xxii. 14 ‘eoxotwpevor AB, Ath.; AB…
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340 Iv. k Mark itt. ἐν αὐτοῖς, διὰ τὴν " πώρωσιν τῆς "καρδίας αὐτῶν, 19. | οἵτινες only; τ om xi. ™ ἀπηλγηκότες 1 ἑαυτοὺς " παρέδωκαν τῇ " ἀσελγείᾳ εἰς " ἐργασίαν 25. jemand ii. 4 al. m Here only. ο Mark vii. 22; Rom. xiii. 13 al. Jonah i. 8. n=Rom. i. 24 etc. ; 1 Cor. v. 5 p=Here only ; Luke xii. 58; Acts xv…
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iene 10--21, “ ἀκαθαρσίας πάσης ἐν " πλεονεξίᾳ. Prov. vi. 16. r= Here only; see Col. iii. 5. 1 Cor. xiv. 35; Phil. iv.9; Rev. xiv. 3. constr. here only. ἐμάθετε τὸν "χριστὸν, 21. ‘elye αὐτὸν " ἠκούσατε καὶ “ἐν αὐτῷ 341 20. ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐχ οὕτως q Rom. i.24; Paul only, exc. Matt. XXiii. 27; s Constr., Matt. xxi…
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342 w=John 2 gre * ἐδιδάχθητε καθώς ἐστιν " ἀλήθεια] "ἐν τῷ Ἰησοῦ, 22. * ἀποθέσθαι Rom. ix. ὑμᾶς *xatd τὴν προτέραν " ἀναστροφὴν ὃ τὸν " παλαιὸν " ἄνθρωπον 1. x See 1 Thess. iv. 14; 1 Cor. iv. rz. ames i. 21; 1 Pet. ii. 1. z=Rom. ix ames iii. 13; 1 Pet. i. 15. 1 Insert η before αληθεια FG. 3 Omit τὴν προτεραν…
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not ‘renew yourselves” (Luth.). The verb expresses a eo change, a trans- formation from old to new. hether it also conveys the idea of restoration toa former or a primal state is doubtful, so many compounds with ἀνά (ἀναπλη- ροῦν, ἀνακοινοῦν, ἀνισοῦν, ἀνιεροῦν, etc.) expressing nothing more than change. For the…
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iCh.iirs ὅ καινὸν ᾿ ἄνθρωπον τὸν κατὰ θεὸν | κτισθέντα ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ reff. δ κα Cor. vii.™ ὁσιότητι τῆς ἀληθείας. 9, 10, 11 only ; see note. 1 Ch. ii. 10 reff. m Luke i. 75 only; Deut. ix. 5 al. 1 For της αλ., και αληθεια DFG, d, e, g, πι, Cyr., Hil., Lucif. ἄνθρωπον: and put on the new man. For ἐνδύσασθαι …
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Vv. 25-32. A paragraph containing a Γ | 24- -26. 345 25. Διὸ " ἀποθέμενοι τὸ “ψεῦδος " λαλεῖτε " ἀλήθειαν ἕκαστος n Ver. 22 μετὰ τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἐσμὲν ἀλλήλων “μέλη. ἵεσθεϊ καὶ μὴ ἁμαρτάνετε. p Zech. viii. 16. 1 After opy. insert δὲ PG ; και ΟΠ], Sah. ὅτω om. NAB, etc. series of detached, practical ex…
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346 Iv: tHere only; ' παροργισμῷ ὑμῶν, 27. py dé! " δίδοτε "τόπον τῷ "διαβόλῳ. 28. 3 Kings κ ; Rom. xii. 19; see Heb. xii. 17. x Matt. vii. 23, xxvi. 10; Acts x. 35. xii. 8; 1 Thess. ii. 8 only; Job xxxi. 17. ὁ “κλέπτων μηκέτι κλεπτέτω, μᾶλλον δὲ “ κοπιάτω * ἐργαζόμενος * ἀγαθὸν ταῖς χερσὶν,” ἵνα ἔχῃ ” μεταδιδ…
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Ver. 28. ὁ κλέπτων μηκέτι κλεπτέτω: let the stealer no longer steal. Not ὃ κλέψας, = “he who stole,” but pres. part. with a subst. force (cf. Win.-Moult., Ρ. 444). Stealing was not wholly con- demned by ancient heathen opinion. It was even allowed by the Lacedamonians (Miller, Dor., ii., p. 310). It was a vice …
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348 h=Rom. τοῖς ἀκούουσιν. xiv. 15. 30. καὶ μὴ " λυπεῖτε! τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον 3 τοῦ i Ch. i 33 θεοῦ, ἐν ᾧ | ἐσφραγίσθητε “eis ' ἡμέραν ' ἀπολυτρώσεως. 31. πᾶσα k=Phil. ii, "πικρία καὶ θυμὸς καὶ ὀργὴ “ καὶ " κραυγὴ καὶ "βλασφημία ” dp- 16;2Tim, i. 12. 1 Here only; see ch. i, 7 reff. m Acts viii. 23; Rom. iii. 14, …
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30---32, θήτω ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν σὺν πάσῃ “ κακίᾳ, 32. το. Se! Ἶ ο χρηστοὶ, * εὐσπλαγχνοι, ἐν χριστῷ “ ἐχαρίσατο ὑμῖν .ὃ 35; see ch. ii. 7 reff. s 1 Pet. iii. 8 only t. Ἡ, 13. tu Col. iii. 13. 1Omit δε B 32, 47, 69, 177, lect. 14, Clem., Orig., Dam., Oec. ; 349 Ε εἰς al Nace q ere iv ili. 8. r=(in epp.) here only; …
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35° a 1 Cor. iv, 16, Xi. 1; ᾿ 1 Thess. 2. και i. 6, ii. 14; Heb. vi. 12 only. b 1 Cor. iv. 14, 17; 2 Tim. i. 2; see Phil. ii. 15. e=Acts xxi. 26, xxiv. 17; Rom. xv. 16; Heb. (5). V. 1. Γίνεσθε οὖν "μιμηταὶ τοῦ θεοῦ ὡς "τέκνα ” ἀγαπητά, μιμη yang “ περιπατεῖτε “ἐν ἀγάπῃ, καθὼς καὶ ὁ χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς] κα…
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1---3. 351 τῷ θεῷ “eis " ὀσμὴν " εὐωδίας. 3. ‘wopveia! δὲ καὶ " ἀκαθαρσία g Ch. ii. 22 reff. πᾶσα " "ἢ ' πλεονεξία μηδὲ ' ὀνομαζέσθω ἐν ὑμῖν, καθὼς " πρέπει h Phil. iv. Gen. viii. 21; Lev. i. 9 and pass. v.10; ver. 5. m Ch. i. 21 reff. ik Col. 1.5; Gal. ν. 19; 2 Cor. xii. 21, ἢ Constr., 1 Tim. ii. 10; Tit. ii.1…
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Ver. 3. πορνεία δὲ καὶ πᾶσα ἀκαθαρ- σία: but fornication and all unclean- ness. The better order ἀκαθαρσία πᾶσα (LTTrWHRV) throws the emphasis on πᾶσα, = ‘fornication and uncleanness, every kind ofit”. The metabatic 8écarries the exhortation over to a prohibition ex- pressed in the strongest terms, which is lev…
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Ver. 4. καὶ αἰσχρότης: and filthiness. This is taken by many (Eth., Theophyl., Oec., Riick., Harl., etc.) to refer to in- decent talk, which, however, would be expressed by αἰσχρολογία (Col. iii. 8). The context shows it to refer to sins of the flesh, but there is nothing to limit it to sinful speech. It denotes…
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mean gracious speech (Clem. Al.; also Jer., with a perhaps), or pious, edifying discourse generally (Calv., on the analogy of Col. iv. 6; Prov. xi.6). Others give it the sense of courteous speech (Mor.). But the idea of gracious speech would be ex- pressed rather by εὔχαρι, and, as Meyer points out, the contrast…
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γ. 6. μηδεὶς ὑμᾶς " ἀπατάτω "κενοῖς λόγοις: διὰ ταῦτα ἔρχεται ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἁσὶοὺς τῆς 3 ἀπειθείας. d Ch. ii. 2 reff. 1Xprorov 14, al. ; θ. κ. X. Ar.-erp., Ambrst., al. ; X. τον θεον Eth., Ar.-pol., Thdrt.,. their consciousness.—éti was πόρνος ἢ ἀκάθαρτος : that no fornicator or unclean person. On th…
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q 6---8, 7. μὴ οὖν γίνεσθε “ συμμέτοχοι αὐτῶν. 355 8. “ἦτε γάρ ποτε ® σκότος, ¢ Ch. iii. 6 rs κ ος reff. νῦν δὲ "ds ἐν κυρίῳ: ὡς "τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε 9. (6 γὰρ f Rom. vi. g Acts xxvi. 18; Rom. ii. 29, xiii. 12; 2 Cor. iv. 6 al. of speech with no reality behind it, or identified simply with certain effects—…
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356 ᾿ς iRom.xv. καρπὸς τοῦ φωτὸς ἐν πάσῃ ᾿Ὠἀγαθωσύνῃ 2 καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ τη, Ὁ ν. 22; i, 11 only; Neh. ix. ὃ5 iv. 18; Col. iii. 20 al. Paul (and Heb.) only. k Constr., Rom. xii. 2; see Luke xiv. 19 reff. ἀληθείᾳ), το. "δοκιμάζοντες τί ἐστιν ᾿ εὐάρεο τον τῷ κυρίῳ 11. καὶ 1 Rom. xii. 1; Phil. Ἰπνευματος D*E*KL…
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9---12. δ οὐχ ‘ a A ” κι mn μὴ ''συγκοινωνεῖτε τοῖς " ἔργοις τοῖς ° ἀκάρποις 1 τοῦ " σκότους, πι Phil. iv. 14; Rev. XViii. 4 ie : only. n Rom. xiii. 12 only; see Cor. iv. 5; Isa. xxix. 15. ο Matt. xiii. 22 Mark; Tit. iii. 14; 2 Pet. i. 8; μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ " ἐλέγχετε. 12. τὰ γὰρ “ κρυφῆ γινόμενα ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν Jude 12;…
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Ver. 12. τὰ γὰρ κρυφῆ γινόμενα ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν αἰσχρόν ἐστι καὶ λέγειν: for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of. This render- ing of the RV, which follows Ellicott’s, does more justice to the order of the Greek than that of the AV. The term κρυφῆ Occurs only this once in the NT; …
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v. 13. τὰ δὲ πάντα ἢ ἑλεγχόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ φωτὸς "φανεροῦται - πᾶν γὰρ τὸ φανερούμενον φῶς ἐστιν, of them,” ‘‘all these things”. The ἐλεγ- χόμενα, again, must have its proper sense of reproved or rebuked, and cannot be dealt with as synonymous with πεφανε- ροῦται. The anarthrous participle will express the manner …
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359 14. διὸ "λέγει "Ἔγειρε] ὁ “καθεύδων καὶ ἀνάστα ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, 5 Ch. iv. 8 4 Pog rel: "καὶ " ἐπιφαύσει σοι ὃ Χριστός." 15. "βλέπετε οὖν " πῶς * ἀκριβῶς t ἴα, xevi. 190; (Heb.) ἴσχον; ut Thess. v. 6 reff. v=James iv. 7; Rev. ii. 1ο, w Here only; Job xxv. 5. x= Matt. xxiv. 4 al.; 1 Cor. iii. το, viii. 9, x. 22, …
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360 ἢ “Christ will shine upon thee with the light of His truth and bring thee out of the pagan darkness of ignorance and immorality ”’. So much for the terms. But whence does the passage come? The answer which first suggests itself, and which is given by many (Calv., Est., Beng., Harl., Olsh., Hofm., Weiss, Al…
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Vv. some force that the rhythmical character of the passage favours the supposition that we have here a snatch from some very ancient hymn or liturgical com- position. The question must be con- fessed to be still open. But what in any case is the point of the quotation here ? The passage is introduced in connec…
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Ver. 16. ἐξαγοραζόμενοι τὸν καιρόν: buying up for yourselves the opportunity. Definition of the ὡς σοφοί, specifying the way in which they were to give token of the quality of wisdom. The expression ‘occurs only once again in the NT (in Col. iv. 5); and there are but few proper par- allelsto it. The phrase as us…
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; g Acts xxi. 14 only; elsw. τοῦ θεοῦ. i Tit. i. 6; 1 Pet. iv. 4 only; Prov. xxviii. 7; 2 Macc. iv. 6. v. τί τὸ "θέλημα τοῦ " κυρίου." h Luke xii. 45; k= Acts a 1 σνννεντες D°EKL, mss., nearly, Syr., Arm., Eth., al., Chr., Thdrt., Dam., etc. ; συνιετε ABP 67?, 73, 118, Chr.-ms., Jer. all, Lucif., all). ; συνιο…
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ένοι ἐν παντὶ θελήματι τοῦ Θεοῦ, where indeed the πεπληρωμένοι οἵ the TR must give place to another verb, yet one with the same idea, the sense being probably “filled with everything willed by God” (cf. Win.-Moult., p. 272; Blass, Gram. of N. T. Greek, p. 117). The ἐν may be taken, therefore, as the instrum. ἐν,…
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364 u=Luke xvii. 16, xviii. 11; John xi. ; Rom. i. 8 and freq. Paul; Rev. xi. 17. ν. ὑμῶν τῷ κυρίῳ, 20. " εὐχαριστοῦντες " πάντοτε ὑπὲρ " πάντων ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦ χριστοῦ “τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρί,} 41 νι Cor. i. 4; 1 Thess. i. 2; 2 Thess. i. 3; Paul only. να Cor. ix. 8; Phil. i. 4; 1 Thess. i. 2; Pau…
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Ver. 21. ὑποτασσόμενοι ἀλλήλοις : subjecting yourselves one to another. The connection of this clause is by no means clear. It is taken by not a few (Calv., Matthies, etc.) as an independent clause, the participle being dealt with as an im- perative. But there is nothing to suggest the ἐστε which would have to b…
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366 Vv. 2 Ch. i. a3 γυναικὸς ὡς καὶ ὁ χριστὸς κεφαλὴ τῆς "ἐκκλησίας, αὐτὸς 1 " σωτὴρ a=Constr., τοῦ σώματος. 1 Tim. iv. 10; John iv. 42; 1 John iv. 14. 1 και αντος εστιν alone N*ABD*E*F Victorin., etc. 24. ἀλλ᾽ ὡς 5 ἡ ἐκκλησία " ὑποτάσσεται τῷ χριστῷ, 0,» 5E*KLP, Syr., Arm., Goth., Bas., Chr., Thdrt., etc. ; …
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it may introduce a minor proposition; cf. Win.-Moult., p. 291; Hartung, Partikl., 23---26. » - , οὕτως καὶ at γυναῖκες τοῖς ἶ ἀνδράσιν ἐν παντί. 367 25. οἱ ἄνδρες, ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας ἑαυτῶν,” καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν τὴν ε A ~ ἐκκλησίαν καὶ ἢ" ἑαυτὸν " παρέδωκεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς, 26. ἵνα αὐτὴν b Ver. 2reft 1 …
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368 again, the prevailing idea is that of the changed, rectified relation to God. The two ideas probably are not sharply divided in the writer’s mind. They are brought together again, both as definite acts of the past, in 1 Cor. vi. 11, ἀλλὰ ἀπελού- σασθε, ἀλλὰ ἡγιάσθητε, ἀλλὰ ἐδικαιώ- θητε. But the effect on s…
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΄ -- water. Many interpreters find in the phrase an allusion to the bath taken by a bride before her wedding. The subse- quent imagery, and especially the ας <a στῆσαι, may favour τονε bat the fact that the Subject here who cleanses by the bath of the water is Christ, while it was not the bridegroom who admini…
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369 © ἁγιάσῃ καθαρίσας τῷ “λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος "ἐν ῥήματι, 27. tvac=John Γπαραστήση αὐτὸς] ἑαυτῷ * ἔνδοξον Paul; Jude 1; Rev. xxii. 11. art.), Rom. x. 17; Heb. vi. 5, xi. 3; ch. vi. 17; Paul only. ix. 41, Xxiii. 33; Rom. vi. 13 al.; Luke and Paul only (see Matt. xxvi. 53). 1 Cor. iv. 10 only; 1 Kings ix. 6 al. d T…
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