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of the righteous judgment of God, Rom. ii. 5: the day of redemption, Eph. iv. 30.
18. The form (irortrewcv). Pasts®°. CLXX, Class. See on 1 Tim. i. 16.
Of sound words (éyvawvovtav Adyov). See on 1 Tim. i. 16.
In faith and love. The teaching is to be held, preached, and practised, not as a mere schedule of conduct, however excellent, but with the strong conviction of faith and the fervour of love.
14. That good thing which was committed (77 cadrnv mapaOnknv). That fair, honourable trust, good and beautiful in itself, and honourable to him who receives it. The phrase N. T.°. See on ver. 12. Comp. the good warfare, 1 Tim. 4.18; teaching, 1 Tim. iv. 6; fight, 1 Tim. vi. 12; confession, 1 Tim. vi. 12.
15. In Asia. Proconsular Asia, known as Asia Propria or simply Asta. It was the Roman province formed out of the kingdom of Pergamus, which was bequeathed to the Romans by Attalus III (&.c. 180), including the Greek cities on the western coast of Asia, and the adjacent islands with Rhodes. It included Mysia, Lydia, Caria, and Phrygia. The division Asia Major and Asia Minor was not adopted until the fourth century A.D. Asia Minor (Anatolia) was bounded by the Euxine, Aegean, and Mediterranean on the north, west, and south ; and on the east by the mountains on the west of the upper course of the Euphrates.
Have turned away (amectpadncav). Not from the faith, but from Paul.
16. Onesiphorus. Mentioned again, ch. iv. 19.
Refreshed (avéyv&ev). N.T.°. Several times in LXX; often in Class. “Avdapufis refreshing, Acts iii. 19; and
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katawpvyew to cool, L. xvi. 24. Originally to cool; to revive
by fresh air.
Chain (aAvovv). Once in Paul, Eph. vi. 20. Several times in Mark, Luke, and Acts. It may mean handcuffs or manacles (see Lightfoot, Philippians, ed. of 1896, p. 8), but is not limited to that sense either in classical or later Greek. See Hdt. ix. 74; Eurip. Orest. 984. Mk. v. 4 is not decisive.
18. Very well (@éAriov). N. T.°. The sense is compar- ative ; better than I can tell you.