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. 23. συνέχομαι δέ (with most authorr.). 8é=‘‘rather”’. Cf. Rom. iv. 20.—ovvéx. ἐκ. Apparently the idea is that of a strong pressure bearing upon him from (ἐκ the source) two sides and keeping him motionless. — ἔπιθυμ. εἰς. Cf. Thuc., iv., 81, ἐπιθυμίαν ἐνεποίει τοῖς ᾿Ἄθην. συμμάχοις ἐς τοὺς Aaxed.—dva- λῦσα…
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Ver. 26. “In order that your ground of glorying may increase in Christ Jesus through me, by reason of my,” etc. Their καύχημα is their knowledge and possession of the Gospel. Christ Jesus is the sphere in which this blessing is enjoyed. Cf. Sirach ix. 16, ἐν φόβῳ Κυρίου ἔστω τὸ καύχημά σου.---ἐν ἐμοί is defined…
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27---30. 431 "συναθλοῦντες τῇ πίστει τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, 28. καὶ μὴ ᾿ πτυρόμενοι ἐν ἃ Chap. iv. μηδενὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀντικειμένων - ἥτις αὐτοῖς μέν ἐστιν] * ἔνδειξις 3 (only other ex. in N.T.). , ea 12 , ‘ A > Ν αν 9 φας δ Onl ἀπωλείας, ὑμῖν δὲ” σωτηρίας, καὶ τοῦτο ἀπὸ Θεοῦ 20. ὅτι ὑμῖν ἓν oe ners *éxapioOn τὸ 6 ὑπὲρ Χρ…
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432 8. 2 Cor. viii. 17;1 Tim. iv. 13; Heb. xii. b See note in/r. esp. Col. iil. 12. 1 σι Euth.cod. c1 Cor. x. 16; 2 Cor. xiii. 13; Philm. 6 al. 11. 1. Εἴ τις] οὖν " παράκλησις ἐν Χριστῷ, εἴ τι” " παραμύθιον ἀγάπης, εἴ τις "κοινωνία Πνεύματος, εἴ τινα ὃ σπλάγχνα καὶ “οἰκτιρ- d See on chap. i. 8 supr. ε6/. 2 …
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μοί, 2. Γπληρώσατέ pou τὴν χαράν, ἵνα τὸ αὐτὸ 5 φρονῆτε, τὴν αὐτὴν ΡΠ σύμψυχοι,ὶ τὸ ἕν 3 φρονοῦντες " 3. μηδὲν κατὰ ἀγάπην ἔχοντες, ἢ 433 i or constrn. cf. John ἱἐριθείαν ἢ 54 * κενοδοξίαν, ἀλλὰ τῇ ᾿ταπεινοφροσύνῃ ἀλλήλους ἡγού- ar xg; ἢ 1So ΑΙ, Trg., Lach. with $BeDcEKLP. συνψ. Τι, W.H., Ws. with 2So most ed…
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Ver. The authorities are pretty evenly balanced in the case of the alter- native readings ἕκαστος and ἕκαστοι (see crit. note), Probably edd. are right in 28 434 5. Chap. iii. μενοι ™ ὑπερέχοντας ἑαυτῶν" 4. μὴ τὰ ἑαυτῶν ἕκαστος σκοπεῖτε, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὃ τὰ ἑτέρων ἕκαστος. 5. τοῦτο γὰρ" φρονείσθω" ἐν ὑμῖν ὃ 1So ΜΟΌΕ…
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4--7. 435 "Kal ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, 6. ὃς ἐν “μορφῇ Θεοῦ "ὑπάρχων, οὐχ “ ἁρπαγμὸν " C/ 2 Tim. i. 5 ad fin, ς , Ν 9 το a > ε a 82 ‘ ἡγήσατο τὸ εἶναι "toa! Θεῷ, ἀλλ᾽ ἑαυτὸν " ἐκένωσε, 7. μορφὴν 5 See note infy. p 1 Cor. xi. 7: Gal. ii. 14 (appar. same force). Extraord. common in Acts, often in seemingly colourless se…
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436 t Rom. i. 23, Viii. LxX. u 1 Cor. vii. I. ν Matt. xviii. 4, xxiii. 12; 2 Cor. xi. 7 al. cit.), to discuss the relation of μορφή to terms such as οὐσία, φύσις and εἶδος in their philosophical refinements. It is far more probable that Paul uses µορφ. here απ a loose, popular sense, as we use ‘nature’’’ (G…
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ἧς δούλου λαβών, ἐν 'ὁμοιώματι ἀνθρώπων γενόμενος " 8. καὶ " σχήματι εὑρεθεὶς ὡς ἄνθρωπος, " ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτόν, γενόμενος " ὑπήκοος w Acts vii. 39; 2 Cor. ii. 9. dental,” or, with Lft., to say that ἴσος would refer to the person. while ἴσα has in view the attributes. As a matter of fact the adverb ἴσα (neuter pl…
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ferent, ‘hold fast”. Are we not obliged, then, to think of the ἁρπαγμός (= ἅρπαγμα) as something still future, a ves vapienda? Cf. Catena on Mark x. 41 ff. (quoted by Zahn), Jesus’ answer to the sons of Zebedee, οὐκ ἐστὶν ἁρπαγμὸς ἡ τιμή, “the honour is not one to be snatched”’, Observe how aptly this view fits…
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coming’ as opposed to “being by nature”, This clause, in turn, defines μ. δ. A. ‘Being made in the likeness of men.” ὅμοι. expresses with great accuracy the Apostle’s idea. Christ walked this earth in the real likeness of 438 x Heb. xii. 4; 2 Tim. ii. 9; 2 Macc. xiii. 1 (ἀγωνίσασθαι μέχρι θανάτον). 1} αχρι…
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stitute for ΓΤ (LXX Κύριος), Jehovah. Cf. Sayings of few. Fathers (ed. Taylor), iv., 7,and Additional Notes, pp. 165-167, 9---11. 10. ἵνα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ ! [ή 439 πᾶν γόνυ "κάμψη ” * ἐπουρανίων καὶ 2 Eph. iii. 14; Isa. "ἐπιγείων καὶ " καταχθονίων, 11. καὶ πᾶσα γλῶσσα “ ἐξομολογήσηται3ϑ3 xv. 23. ὅτι Κύριος…
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Vv. 12-16. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE TO BE LED IN A SPIRIT OF AWE AND WATCH- FULNESS, AS IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD’S WORKING. On vv. 12-13 see two im- portant discussions, Schaeder, Greifs- 440 d See chap. i. 27. ει Cor. ii. 3: 3 Cor. Vil. 15; Eph. vi. 5; Exod. xv, 16; Isa. xix. 16. 1 Om. Β 3, 17, 38, 48, 72, cop…
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Ver. 13. 6 must certainly be omitted with all the best authorities. ‘ For God is He that works,”’ etc. The emphasis lies on Θεός for two reasons. First, in the matter of attaining salvation they have to do not with Paul, but with God. Second, they must enter upon this mo- mentous course not lightly, but “ with …
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Ver. 15. γένησθε. “' That ye may be- come.” A high ideal before Paul’s mind to be reached by a gradual ρτοςες».---ἅμεμπ- TOL. οὐ μικρὰν yap προσάγει κηλῖδα ὁ γογγυσμός (Chr.). Perhaps ἄμεμ. refers to the judgment of others, while ἀκέραιοι denotes their intrinsic character (so Lft.). Cf. Matt. x. 16, where Christ…
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ν. «« ἐκοπίασα. These aorists look ck from the day of Christ over the whole course of Paul’s life and work. It is now finished, and it has not failed. We must translate by English perfects, “I have not run,” etc. Lft. thinks that ἐκοπ. is a metaphor from ‘‘ training” in athletic contests. See his important note …
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language. Cf. τ Cor. xii. 26. Ver. 18. τὸ δ᾽ αὐτό. Adverbial use = ὡσαύτως. Cf. Matt. xxvii. 44.— συγχαίρ. This is, of course, a different joy from that which he shares with them, It is their joy in his obtaining the martyr’s crown, Vy. 19-24. HIS PURPOSE TO SEND TO THEM TIMOTHY, A GENUINE FRIEND OF THEIR COMM…
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disposition so completely op to his own. Cf. τ Cor. κ. 33, μὴ ζητῶν τὸ ἐμαυτοῦ σύμφορον ἀλλὰ τὸ τῶν πολλῶν. See esp. Calvin's excellent note ad loc.— Χ.Ἰ. The authorities are almost equally balanced as to the readings. See on chap. i. 1 supr. Ver. 22. δοκιμήν. ‘ Approvedness.” That character which emerges as th…
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446 Il, m Kom. «iil. ™ λειτουργὸν τῆς χρείας μου, πέμψαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς - 26. ἐπειδὴ ἐπιπο- 6, xv. 16; νι oy θῶν "ἦν πάντας ὑμᾶς,' καὶ " ἀδημονῶν, διότι ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἠσθένησε 3" in LXX. n Peri- common λύπῃ ὃ σχῶ. Luke and Acts. In Paul, only Gal. i. 22. See Blass, Ν.Τ. Gramm., pp. 198, 1 ᾿ p Only here in N.T. See W…
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τίαν. See Buttm., Gram., p. 335.--σχῶ. Equiv. to our “ κεῖ", This is the force of the aorist. 26----30, 447 pew , a 3 ας. , 3 t / ἦν 8 Only here αὐτὸν πάλιν, χαρῆτε, κἀγὼ " ἀλυπότερος ὦ. 29. " προσϑέχεσθε οὖν eg a ὐτὸν é ί ὰ 4 a ὶ ὺ ἥ ἃ ἐντί Common sil ἐν ee μετὰ πάσης χαρᾶς, καὶ TOUS τοιούτους μμης αλα 3/ 4 ὃ…
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CuHaApTeR III.—Vv. 1-3. A SALUTA- TION CHANGED INTO A WARNING.—Vert. I. τὸ λοιπόν. Probably A.V. rightly trans- 448 a Rom. xii. 11 (but no exact ο, exx. in Provv.). b No relevant parallel. d Matt. vii. 6; Rev. xxii. 15. ς Partly parallel are 1 Cor. i. 26, x. 18; 2 Cor. x. 7. « See note i/r., and οἵ. Matt. …
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1). He would have used a stronger word than BX. had the Judaisers alr made some progress at Philippi. ε is nothing to suggest this in the Epistle. But all the Pauline Churches were ex- posed to their inroads. At any moment their emissaries might appear. — τοὺς κύνας. Only here in Paul. Commen- tators have tried…
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grace associated with it was a cleans- ing process. This explains expressions like that in Jer. ix. 26, etc.—ol . . .« λατρεύοντες. The participle has become a noun denoting a class of men, spiritual worshippers. Contrast Heb. viii. 5, xiii. to, and cf. Heb. ix. 14. Most edd. with a number of high authorities re…
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Κα Cor. viii. πεποιθότες - 4. καίπερ ἐγὼ ἔχων " πεποίθησιν καὶ] ἐν σαρκί" εἴ τις 22; Eph. iii. τα αἱ. 'Boxet ἄλλος 3 πεποιθέναι ἐν σαρκί, ἐγὼ μᾶλλον: 5. περιτομὴ ὃ τας Ἢ ὀκταήμερος, ἐκ " γένους ᾿Ισραήλ, “ φυλῆς Βενιαμίν," » Ἑβραῖος ἐξ XViil. το. Cond ἃ by Atticists. See Rutherford, New Phryn., T, Seen ; n 2 Cor. …
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4—6. 451 Ἑβραίων, κατὰ νόμον Φαρισαῖος, 6. κατὰ “ ζῆλον "διώκων τὴν 3 4 Rom.x.2; ἐκκλησίαν,5 κατὰ δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐν νόμῳ γενόμενος ἄμεμπτος. cf. 2 Cor. vii, 11, ix. 2;1 Macc. ; ii. 58 (A). τ Acts xxii. 4; 1 Cor. xv. 9; Gal. i. 23 al. 1So NcDb et cEKLP, Euth.cod., Bas.eth, Edd. ζηλος with Ν"ΑΒΡ"Εᾳ, 20m. D*FG.…
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452 5 See note infr., and on cha i. 21. 7. ἀλλ᾽ ἅτινα" ἦν μοι "κέρδη, ταῦτα ἥγημαι διὰ τὸν Χριστὸν 'ζημίαν. Ρ. 8, ἀλλὰ “ μενοῦνγε 2 καὶ ὃ ἡγοῦμαι πάντα ζημίαν εἶναι διὰ τὸ " ὕπερ- wy, Aste éxov τῆς “ γνώσεως Χριστοῦ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦ ὃ τοῦ Κυρίου μου δ: δι ὃν τὰ u Rom. ix. πάντα ἐζημιώθην, καὶ ἡγοῦμαι "σκύβαλα εἶναι, ἵν…
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7-9. 453 κερδήσω, 9. καὶ "εὑρεθῶ ἐν αὐτῷ, μὴ ἔχων ἐμὴν ! δικαιοσύνην τὴν 2 Luke xvii. 18; Rom, ἐκ νόμου, ἀλλὰ τὴν διὰ πίστεως Χριστοῦ, τὴν ἐκ Θεοῦ δικαιοσύνην ἘΣ 10; 1 or. iv. 2 al. Ν΄ places ep. after Sux. tives from adjectives and participles. Cf. 2 Cor. iv. 17, τὸ . . . ἐλαφρὸν τῆς θλίψεως ἡμῶν. Probably =…
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454 ΠΡΟΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΗΣΙΟΥΣ Il. | a Luke i. 73; ἐπὶ 1 τῇ πίστει" Το. "τοῦ γνῶναι αὐτόν, καὶ τὴν δύναμιν τῆς Rom. vi. 6, vii. 3. See Blass, Gramm., p.231. b2Cor.i.5; τ Pet. iv. 13 ἀναστάσεως αὐτοῦ, καὶ thy? κοινωνίαν τῶν ὃ "ἢ παθημάτων αὐτοῦ, 1 D*E*, O.L. vg. ἐν mora. LP, syrp, Baseth., Chr., connect this clause with…
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to that forgiving love of God, a love only bestowed on the soul united to Christ by faith (see esp. Pfleid., Ραμηι., i., p. 175; Hitzm., N.T. Th., ii., pp. 127-129, 138-139; Haring, Δικ. Θεοῦ bet Pazlus, Tubingen, 1896; Kélbing, SK., 1895, 7 ff.; Denney, Expfos., vi., 3, p. 433 ff., 4, Ῥ. 299 ff., Holst., Paulin…
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455 because it was the Risen Christ he came to know; it was that knowledge which gave him insight into the real meaning ot Christ’s sufferings and death. But here he thinks altogether of a spiritual process which is carried on in the soul of him who is united to Christ. He has no idea of martyrdom before him (s…
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ore. 8 "συμμορφούμενος | τῷ θανάτῳ αὐτοῦ, 11. εἴ πως “ καταντήσω εἰς τὴν ΟΝ " ἐξανάστασιν τῶν 2 νεκρῶν. 12. οὐχ ὅτι ἤδη ἔλαβον, ἢ ἤδη ἕτετε- only here λείωμαι 8 © διώκω δέ, εἰ καὶ ὁ καταλάβω ἐφ᾽ ᾧ καὶ ὅ > κατελήφθην ὃ ἐπ ΟΜ τ; Eph. iv. 13. e Only here in N.T. h Rom, ix. 30; 1 Cor. ix. 24; Sirach xv. 7. 1So NcDcE…
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11.:-Υὕ2. believers with an ethical, ideal meaning. We are disposed to believe (with Ws. and others) that Paul is thinking only of the resurrection of believers (cf. Ps. Sol. iii, 13-16 for Jewish thought on this sub- ject, the thought which had been Paul’s mental atmosphere). This is his usual standpoint. In t…
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457 Philippi who were claiming high sanctity, and so affecting superior airs towards their brethren. This would naturally lead to irritation and jealousies.—rTereAclopar. The interesting variant δεδικαίωμαι (cf. 1 Cor. iv. 4) is plainly very ancient, the gloss, probably, of some pious copyist who imagined that …
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iRom. til ὑπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ. 13. ἀδελφοί, ἐγὼ ἐμαυτὸν οὐ" ' λογίζομαι : οσο κατειληφέναι - "ἕν δέ, τὰ μὲν ᾿ ὀπίσω " ἐπιλανθανόμενος, τοῖς ὃ δὲ εἶηρας,ο. ἔμπροσθεν 5 ἐπεκτεινόμενος, 14. κατὰ " σκοπὸν “ διώκω ἐπὶ" τὸ 2 Cor. 1x. 6; Gal. ii. 9, v. 13 (see Blass, Gr., 287-288). 1 See note in/r. m Heb. vi. 10, xiii. …
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Ver. 14. κατὰ σκ. ‘In the direction ot the mark.” Exactly parallel is Acts viii. 26, πορεύου κατὰ μεσημβρίαν. Per- haps akin are uses like Thucyd., 6, 31, κατὰ θέαν ἥκειν; Hom., Odyss., 3, 72, κατὰ πρῆξιν (‘ for the sake of business,” Ameis-Hentze), It is needless to dis- tinguish between σκοπόν and βραβεῖον in …
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46ο w ome XXVI. 30; Luke x. 11; Eph. 25. x Rom. ix. 31; 2 Cor. x. 14; 2 Sam. xx. 13; Cant. ii. 12 al. a Chap. ii. 4; Rom. xvi. 17; 2 Cor. iv. 18; Gal. vi. 1. z Only here in N.T. αὐτῷ ” στοιχεῖν κανόνι, τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν. 17. "Συμμιμηταί” μου γίνεσθε, ἀδελφοί, καὶ "σκοπεῖτε τοὺς οὕτω» _ τοῦτο ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῖν ἀποκαλ…
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Vv. 17-19. A SOLEMN WARNING AGAINST THE EARTHLY, SENSUAL MIND. —Ver. 17. ovppip. The compound is significant. Uno consensu et una mente (Calv.). This emphasis on their unity justifies the interpretation of τῷ αὐτῷ favoured above. Paul is compelled to make his own example a norm of the new life. It was not as in…
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Ver. Ig. ἀπώλεια. Paul regards the two issues of human life as σωτηρία and ἀπώλεια (1 Cor. i. 18, 2 Cor. ii. 15-16). The lattertis a common word for “' destruc- tion”. There is much in the Epistles to support the statement of Hltzm. (N.T. Th., ii., p. 50): “Το be dead and to re- main dead eternally, that is to h…
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20-- 21. 21. ὃς “ μετασχηματίσει τὸ σῶμα τῆς " ταπεινώσεως ἡμῶν, γενέσθαι αὐτὸ 1 ἃ σύμμορφον 3 τῷ σώματι τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ, κατὰ Thy ; ἐνέργειαν τοῦ δύνασθαι αὐτὸν καὶ ὑποτάξαι ἑαυτῷ ὃ τὰ πάντα. p Luke i. 48 (1 Sam. i. 11)3 Acts viii. 33 (Isa. liii. 8). Four exx. in Wisd. τ Eph. iii. 7; Col. ii. τα αἱ (only in P), …
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464 a Onlyhere TV. 1. ὭΣΤΕ, ἀδελφοί μου ἀγαπητοὶ καὶ " ἐπιπόθητοι, χαρὰ καὶ Ρο... ὃ στέφανός µου,ὶ οὕτω "" στήκετε ἐν Κυρίῳ, ἀγαπητοί. ὃ 2. Edodiav* “παρακαλῶ, καὶ Συντύχην " παρακαλῶ, τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν infr., cf. Prov. xii. 4, xvi. 31, xvii. 6 αἱ, 1 Om. B*. 19ο BD*. c See on chap. i. 27 supr. Edd. οντως with NA…
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Ver. 2. Εὐοδ. κ.τ.λ. This direct refer- ence to a difference of opinion between two women of prominence in the Philip- pian Church is probably the best com- ment we have on the slight dissensions which are here and there hinted at throughout the Epistle. For, as Schinz aptly puts it (op. cit., p. 37), “in sucha …
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1445, σὲ κρίνω, val σέ.--ἐρωτῶ is common in N.T. = ‘Sbeseech,”” σι», Luke xiv. 18. It is not so found in LXX, and this sense is very rare in late writers.—yvyjove σ. is to be read with the great mass of authorities. We believe that W.H. are right in their marginal reading of Σύνζυγε aS a proper name, This would …
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fact, its influence was felt more especially at those points which demanded some sacrifice of one’s self, for the weak, for the aged, for little children, and even for the dead. And then, for its constant outward token, its significant manner or index, it issued in a certain debonair grace, and a certain mystic …
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467 Matt. vi. 25, 27, 31; Luke ‘di, 22, 25, 26 7. καὶ ἡ " εἰρήνη τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἡ ὑπερέχουσα πάντα ἢ νοῦν, ἢ φρουρήσει αἱ τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν καὶ τὰ ἢ νοήματα 2 ὑμῶν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ. m See note infr. n Frequent in N.T. ο Cf. Col. iii. 15. Ρ See note infr 1 του Χριστου A, syrP- mg-, Cyr., Proc., Ambr., Pelag. 2 σωμ…
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468 q 1 Tim. iii. 8,11; Tit. 8. Τὸ λοιπόν, ἀδελφοί, ὅσα ἐστὶν ἀληθῆ, ὅσα ὃ σεμνά, ὅσα δίκαια, ἵνα (ὁ ὅσα " ἁγνά, ὅσα " προσφιλῆ, ὅσα ᾿ εὔφημα, et! τις ἀρετὴ καὶ εἴ τις τα Cor. 11; 1 Tim. " ἔπαινος, ταῦτα * λογίζεσθε. 9. ἃ καὶ ἐμάθετε καὶ παρελάβετε γι 54:18. καὶ ἠκούσατε καὶ εἴδετε ἐν ἐμοί, ταῦτα πράσσετε" καὶ…
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Ver. ο. Itis hardly possible, with Ell., to refer ἃ καὶ κ.τ.λ. immediately to the preceding, without forcing the construc- Ποη.---ἐμάθ. κ. παρελ. plainly refer to the definite Christian teaching he had set himself to give them. π vw is used regularly of “receiving” truth from a teacher.—h. κ. εἴδ. ἐν ἐ, This is …
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Ver. 11. The form of vv. 11-13, from ἐγὼ γάρ, is strophic. ἐγὼ . . . εἶναι gives the ‘“‘theme”. Ver. 13 marks the close. The thought is worked out be- tween. See J. Weiss, Βεζίγ., p. 29.— οὐχ ὅτι. See on chap. iii. 12 supy.—Ka®? ὑστέρησιν. ‘As regards want.” κατά has the same sense as in the phrase τὰ κατ᾽ ἐμέ.…
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state of the philosophical wise man, that is, to have no want of anything. ‘Then, sir,’ said I, ‘the savage is a wise man.’ ‘Sir,’ said he, ‘I do not mean simply being without,—but not mye - awant’”’ (Boswell’s fohnson, p. 351, Globe ed.). Ver. 12. οἶδα κ.τ.λ. καί must be read with all good authorities. The one …
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471 Cf. συναίρειν λόγον in Matt. XViii. 23, XXV. 19. k Sirach xli. μοι δ ἐπέμψατε. 17. οὐχ ὅτι " ἐπιζητῶ τὸ “ δόμα, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπιζητῶ τὸν no ὙΠ}: κι 17. | See note in/r. Rom. xi.7 al. ο Matt. vii. 11; Luke xi. 13. τ, θλ. µ. DEFG, O.L. vg. m Ver. 19; Acts xx. 34} Rom. xii. 13 αἱ. t if. Jas. 1. n Matt. vi. 32; …
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Ver. 17. τὸ δόμα. It is not the actual gift put into Paul’s hands which has 472 ΠΡΟΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΗΣΙΟΥΣ ιν. Ρ ra wht καρπὸν τὸν ἢ πλεονάζοντα εἰς λόγον ὑμῶν. 18. 3, ἀπέχω δὲ πάντα abe καὶ περισσεύω - "πεπλήρωμαι, δεξάμενος παρὰ] ᾿Ἐπαφροδίτου τὰ q Matt. vi.2, παρ᾽ ὑμῶν,2 "ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας, θυσίαν "δεκτήν, " εὐάρεστον τῷ Θ…
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lory which Paul believed to be so near so Lft., ΚΙ., etc.). Ver. 20. Doxology. Doxologia fluit ex gaudio totius epistolae (Beng.). On the phrase τοὺς αἰῶνας τ. αἰώνων see the excellent note in Grimm-Thayer ad loc. Vv. 21-23. GREETINGS AND BENEDIC- TION.—Ver, 21. Perhaps this last para- — 18---23. 21. "᾿Ασπάσα…
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CoLoss# was a city of Phrygia, situated on the southern bank of the Lycus, a tributary of the Mzander. The river passes here through a narrow gorge, by sheer and rocky sides. Its water is nauseous, and impregnated to a most unusual degree with carbonate of lime, which has formed very remarkable incrustations along …
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the Ten Tribes from Israel; and we have evidence that the Phrygian Jews compromised with heathenism to an extent possible only to those who held their ancestral faith most loosely. They probably accepted Christianity readily, and thus lost their racial identity. We have no information as to the introduction of Chri…
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thought receives great extension. According to the older Jewish re- presentation their work in nature was limited to extraordinary cases ; but later this was not so, and the whole world was thought to be full of spirits and demons. In the Book of Jubilees the angels are brought into close relation with the elements…
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similar idea; the angels of the nations have a relation of solidarity with their peoples, and God punishes them before He punishes the nations themselves (Weber, System der pal. Theol., 1880, p. 165). In the N.T. the angels of the seven churches in the Apocalypse are to be interpreted in a similar way. From the fu…
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face of Abraham, the entertainer of angels, that the angels might do him no harm. They raise objections to God’s decrees, and not in vain; they.even prevent His wishes from being carried into execution. Gabriel was disobedient, and was punished on that account; but Dubbiel, who was set in his place, showed himself …
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Turning now to Paul, we find marked coincidences with the later Jewish view. For the connexion of the angels with nature, we have his phrase the “elements of the world” (Gal. iv. 3, cf. ver. 9), which should be interpreted as personal elemental spirits, to which the pre- Christian world was in subjection (see note …
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Epistle to the Hebrews is thought by some to be directed against angel worship, but this is improbable. Twice in the Apocalypse the angel who shows the visions to the writer restrains him from an attempt to worship him. This seems to have a polemical reference to angel worship. There is a similar passage in the Asc…
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the angelic powers. That the angels of the Law had brought about the death of Christ is the probable sense of 1 Cor. ii. 6-8. That they did it in ignorance of God's wisdom tallies with the statement that it is through the Church that the manifold wisdom of God is to be made known to the principalities and powers. I…
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The false teaching against which the Epistle is chiefly directed was of a Jewish type. This is clear alike from the characteristics mentioned and the nature of the polemic. It insisted on observance of regulations as to meats and drinks, festivals, new moons and Sabbaths. It drew on the tradition of men as its sour…
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Public domain historical edition (1897); scan/OCR from Internet Archive.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.