26. Be ye angry and sin not (dpylfeoSe Kai 7) 4uapraverte). Cited from Ps. iv. 5, after the Septuagint. Hebrew, stand in awe and sin not. Righteous anger is commanded, not merely permitted.
Wrath (sapopyicue). Irritation, exasperation ; something not so enduring as opy7 anger, which denotes a deep-seated sentiment. See on John iii. 36.
27. Place. Room.
29. Corrupt (campos). See on Luke vi. 48, and Col. iv. 6.
That which is good (ce tus dyados). Lit., if any is good. Discourse that is good, whatever it be.
To the use of edifying (apos oixodouny ths ypelas). Lit., for the building up of the need. Rev., edifying as the need may be. Compare 1 Thess. v. 11, 14.
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31. Bitterness (wixpia). Bitter frame of mind.
Wrath. What is commanded in ver. 26 is here forbidden, because viewed simply on the side of human passion.
Anger (Suds). Violent outbreak. See on John iii. 365 Jas. v. 7.
Clamor (xpavy7). Outward manifestation of anger in vo- ciferation or brawling.
Evil-speaking (Sracdnuia). See on Mark vii. 22. Malice (xaxia). The root of all the rest. See on Jas. i. 21.
32. Be ye (yiveote). Lit., become, as following the putting away of anger, etc.
Kind (ypnortot). See on easy, Matt. xi. 30; gracious, 1 Pet. ii. 3. Each other(éavrois). Lit., yourselves. See on Col. iii. 13.
“Doing as a body for yourselves that which God did once for you all” (Alford).
1. Be ye (yiver3e). Become, as ch. iv. 32. Followers (uupntal). Rev., correctly, emitators.
Dear (ayarrnra). Rev., beloved. As those to whom Christ has shown love.
2. Walk in love. As imitators of God, who is love. Loved us (7yas). The correct reading is buds you.
Gave (zrapédmxev). To death. Compare Rom. iv. 25, where the same verb was delwered is followed by was raised. See also Rom. viii. 32; Gal. ii. 20.
Offering—sacrifice (pocfopav—Jvciav). Offering, gen- eral, including the life as well as the death of Christ: sacrifice, special: on the cross. Properly, a slain offering.
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A sweet-smelling savor (docu evwdias). Rev., correctly, odor of a sweet smell. See on 2 Cor. ii. 14, 15,16. The Sep- tuagint, in Lev. i. 9, uses this phrase to render the Hebrew, a savor of quietness. For (cis) expresses design, that it maght be- come, or result: so that tt became.
3. Or covetousness. O? sets this sin emphatically by it- self.
Let it. /¢ refers to each of the sins. 4, Filthiness (aicyporns). Obscenity.
Foolish talking (wwporoyia). Only here in the New Test ament. Talk which is both foolish and sinful. Compare cor- rupt communication, ch. iv. 29. It is more than random or idle talk. ‘‘ Words obtain a new earnestness when assumed into the ethical terminology of Christ’s school. Nor, in seeking to enter fully into the meaning of this one, ought we to leave out of sight the greater emphasis which the words fool, foolish, folly obtain in Scripture than elsewhere they have or can have” (Trench).
Jesting (evtpavedia). Only here in the New Testament. From ed well or easily, tpérw to turn. That which easily turns and adapts itself to the moods and conditions of those with whom it may be dealing at the moment. From this original sense of versatility it came to be applied to morals, as time- serving, and to speech with the accompanying notion of dissim- ulation. Aristotle calls it chastened insolence. The sense of the word here is polished and witty speech as the instrument of sim, refinement and versatility without the flavor of Christian grace. ‘Sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense. . . . Sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being. . . . Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable,