12. With quietness—work. See on study to be quiet, Lert eines 1:
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13. Be not weary (“2 éveaxjonte). With one exception, L. xviii. 1, only in Paul. To faint or lose heart.
Well doing (xadozroodvtes). N. T.°. According to the Greek idiom, doing well, be not weary. Not limited to works of charity, but including Christian conduct generally, as, for instance, steadily attending to their own business, ver. 12.
14. By this epistle. Connect with our word. The mes- sage we send in this letter. Not, as some, with the following words, note that man in your epistle.
Note (cnpeotcbe). N.T.°. Lit. set a mark on. The nature of the mark is indicated in the next clause.
Have no company with (47) cuvavamiyvucia). PRP. See on 1 Cor. v. 9.
Be ashamed (évtpa7rn). See on Matt. xxi. 37, and 1 Cor. iv. 14.
15. Admonish (vouvGereire). See on Acts xx. 31, and Eph. vi. 4. .
16. The Lord of peace (6 xvpios ris eipyvns). The only instance of the formula.
By all means (év wavt) tpdm@), or in every way. The alternative reading tém@ place is rejected by the principal texts.
17. The salutation of Paul with mine own hand (doracpos TH éup yept Tlavrov). Rev. properly, “the salu- tation of me Paul.” The genitive of me is contained, accord- ing to a familiar Greek idiom, in the possessive pronoun my. Paul had apparently been employing an amanuensis.
In every epistle. Comp. 1 Cor. xvi. 21; Col. iv. 18.
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