mvevpa, and renders your whole spirit. ‘OddxAnpov is predic- ative, not attributive. It does not mean whole, but is derived from 60s whole and «dApos allotment, and signifies having the entire allotment ; complete in all parts. It occurs only here and Jas. i. 4, where it is associated with téAevoe perfect. It appears in LXX, as Lev. xxiii. 15; Deut. xvi. 9; xxvii. 6. Joseph. Ant. iii. 12, 2, uses it of an unblemished victim for sacrifice. As distinguished from odorerels wholly, ver. 23, it is qualitative, while onXoTeAcis is quantitative. The kindred orAoKAnpia perfect soundness, only in Acts iii. 16. For pre- served see on 1 Pet. i. 4.
24. Faithful (acrds). Comp. 2 Tim. ii. 18, and see on irda) APOC is Os. it. 14:
That calleth (0 cad@v). = the caller. The emphasis is on the person rather than on the act. Comp. Rom. ix. 11; Galea 62152 veo; Ivins 12: 1) Petive-105 Jas...
26. Kiss. See on 2 Cor. xiii. 12. Comp. Rom. xvi. 16; dors xvi. 20s5 Pet. y..14.
27. | charge (évopxifm). N. T.°. Rev. stronger and more literal, J adjure. °Class. This strong appeal may per- haps be explained by a suspicion on Paul’s part that a wrong use might be made of his name and authority (see 2 Th. ii. 2), so that it was important that his views should be made known to all. Lightfoot refers to 2 Th. iii. 17, as showing a similar feeling in his anxiety to authenticate his letter.
THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS.