By faith (é« wictews). Const. with wait, not with right eousness.
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Wait for (damexdeysue0a). Quite often in Paul, and only twice elsewhere, Heb. ix. 28; 1 Pet. iii. 20. See on Philip. iii. 20.
The hope of righteousness (éAmiéa Sixatocdvns). Hope for the olject of hope, as Rom. viii. 24; Col. i. 5; Heb. vi. 18; Tit. ii. 18. The phrase means that good which righteous- ness causes us to hope for. Comp. hope of the calling (Eph. i. 18; iv. 4): hope of the gospel (Col. i. 23).*
6. In Christ Jesus. In the economy of life which he inaugurates and inspires.
Availeth (écyver). Has any significance or practical power. The verb in Paul only here and Philip. iv. 18. See on 2 Th. LoD:
Which worketh (évepyounevn). Seeon1 Th. ii. 13. Mid- dle voice, comp. Rom. vii. 5; 2 Cor. i. 6; iv. 12; 2 Th. ii. 7; Eph. iii. 20. Not passive, as by many Roman Catholic expositors, faith which is wrought by love.
By love (d¢ ayarns). Not that justification is through love: but the faith of the justified, which is their subjective principle of life, exhibits its living energy through love in which the whole law is fulfilled (ver. 14). See 1 Tim.i. 5; ISU a poee), Cor. xi.
7. Ye did run (étpéyere). Better, as giving the force of the imperfect, ye were running. You were on the right road, and were making good progress when this interruption oc- curred. Comp. ch. ii. 2; 1 Cor. ix. 24-27; Philip. iii. 14 ; 2 Tim. iv. T.
Well (xadas). Bravely, becomingly, honorably to your- selves and to the church. Often in Paul. See Rom. xi. 20; 1 Cor. vii. 87, 88; 2 Cor. xi. 4; Gal. iv. 17; Philip. iv. 14.
* Comp. &mida mpocdoxacbar, Demos. 1468, 18, and édrida mpocdéxwpat, Eurip. Alcest. 1380: mpocdexduevor thy éhrida, Tit. ii. 18. Also LXX, Isa. xxviii. 10; 2 Macc. vii. 14.
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Did hinder (evéxoyev). See on 1 Pet. iii. 7. Comp. Perper iets © Romi xy: 22;
Obey the truth (aA7Oela welPecOar). The exact phrase N. T.°. Disobey (azrevOovcr) the truth, Rom. ii. 8: obedience (é7rraxon) of the truth, 1 Pet. i. 22.
8. This persuasion (4) wetopov). Or, the persuasion. N. T.°. °LXX, Class. It occurs in Ignatius, Rom. iii. and Just. Mart. Ap. i. 538. The sense is not passive, your being persuaded, but active, the persuasion which the Judais- ing teachers exert over you. Comp. 1 Cor. ii. 4, wiOots Aeryous persuasive words. There may be a slight word-play on meWecOat and tecpovn. Obedience to the truth is the result of the persuasive power of the truth.
Him that calleth (rot cadotvros). Very often applied to God by Paul. See Rom. vill. 80; ix. 11; 1 Cor. i. 9; vii. Lomoalniglon niet be yeiv. (5 °V. 2h 2 Lh. i. 14: The persuasion to subject yourselves to the Jewish law does not proceed from him who called you to freedom in Christ.
9. A little leaven (wixpa Coun). A proverbial warning, which appears also 1 Cor. v. 6. It refers, not to the doctrine of the false teachers, but to the false teachers themselves. Comp. Mk. viii. 15. With the single exception of the par- able, Matt. xiii. 33, leaven, in Scripture, is always a symbol Of eyieme Comp taanxnt1p, 195° xii. $7 3; xxii, 18 3) Lev. ii. 11; Deut. xvi. 8. This, however, is no warrant for the nonsense which has been deduced from it, as that Jesus’ para- ble of the leaven contains a prophecy of the corruption of Christianity. Because leaven in Scripture is habitually the type of corruption, we are “none the less free to use it ina good sense as Christ did. One figure need not always stand for one and the same thing. The devil is ‘a roaring lion,’ but Christ is also ‘the lion of the tribe of Judah’” (Trench). It is an apt figure of secret, pervading energy, whether bad or good. A new interest is given to the figure by Pasteur’s