Covetous (diAapyupor). Better, lovers of money. Only here and L. xvi. 14. For the noun ¢cAapyupia love of money, see on 1 Tim. vi. 10. Love of money and covetousness are not synonymous. Covetous is mAeoveéetns ; see 1 Cor. v. 10, 11; Eph. vy. 5. See on Rom. i. 29.
Boasters (arafdves). Or swaggerers. Only here and Rom. i. 80. See on aralovelas boastings, Jas. iv. 16.
Proud (vzepnpavor). Or haughty. See on simepndavia pride, Mk. vii. 22.
Blasphemers (SAdognuor). See onl Tim.i.13. Better, railers. See also on Bracdnula blasphemy, Mk. vii. 22.
Unthankful (aydpiorov). Only here and L. vi. 35.
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Unholy (avdovor). Only here and 1 Tim. i. 9 (note).
3. Without natural affection (doropyor). Only here and Rom. i. 81. °LXX. See on aydrn love, Gal. v. 22, under orépyev to love with a natural affection.
Truce-breakers (domovdor). N.T.°. SLXX. Rend. im- placable. From a not, and omovéai a treaty or truce. The meaning is, refusing to enter into treaty, irreconcilable.*
Incontinent (axpateis). Or intemperate, without self-con- trol. N.T.°. Once in LXX, Prov. xxvii. 20. ’Axpacia incontinence, Matt. xxiii. 25; 1 Cor. vii. 5; 1 Macc. vi. 26; Pat OF OG) 1y. 3.
Fierce (avypepor). Or savage. N. T.°. CLXX. Comp. avedenwoves merciless, Rom. i. 31.
Despisers of those that are good (agiAdyabor). Better, haters of good. N.T.®°. °LXX, °Class. Comp. the oppos- ite, pirdyalor lover of good, Tit. i. 8.
4. Traitors (apoddrar). Or betrayers. Only here, L. vi. 16; Acts vii. 52.
Heady (povrereis). Precipitate, reckless, headstrong in the pursuit of a bad end under the influence of passion. Only here and Acts xix. 86. In LXX, slack, loose, hence foolish, Prov. x. 14, and dividing or parting asunder, as the lips ; of one who opens his lips and speaks hastily or thoughtlessly, Proy: xiii. a. Comp, sir. ix. 18?
Highminded (terupwpevor). Better, besotted or clouded with pride. See on 1 Tim. iii. 6, and comp. 1 Tim. vi. 4.
Lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God (duAnjdovor parrov # dirdGeor). Pleasure-lovers rather than God-lovers. Both words N. T.°. °LXX.
* So Aeschylus, Agam. 1235, of Clytaemnestra, dorovddv 7° dpay piros mvéovcay ** breathing an implacable curse against her friends,”
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5. A form (ucpdacwv). Only here and Rom. ii. 20. Mop¢7 form (for the want of any other rendering) is the expression or embodiment of the essential and permanent being of that which is expressed. Mépdors, lit. forming or shaping. Yet the meaning differs in different passages. In Rom. li. 20, udpdwors is the truthful embodiment of knowl- edge and truth as contained in the law of God. Here, the mere outward semblance, as distinguished from the essential reality.
The power (77v dtvauv). The practical virtue. Comp. 1 Cor. iv. 20. It is impossible to overlook the influence of Rom. i. 29-31 in shaping this catalogue.
Turn away (amotpérov). N.T.°. Comp. rapairod avoid, ch. il. 23; éxrpemdpevos turning away, 1 Tim. vi. 20; and exxrlvete turn away, Rom. xvi. 17.
6. Of this sort (é« rovrwy). Lit. of these. The formula often in Paul.
Which creep (0é évdtvovres). N.T.°. Thrust themselves into. Comp. Jude 4, rapeoedinoay crept in privily (see note); 2 Pet. ii. 1 (mote), wapecdEovow shall privily bring in; and Gal. ii. 4, rapevod«tous brought in by stealth.
Lead captive (aiyuarwrifovres). Only here in Pastorals. See on captives, L. iv. 18; and 2 Cor. x. 5.
Silly women (yuvaredpia). N.T.°. CLXX. Silly is expressed by the contemptuous diminutive. Comp. Vulg. mulierculas.
Laden (ceawpevyéva). Only here and Rom. xii. 20, cita- tion. In LXX, see Judith xv. 11, of loading a wagon with the property of Holofernes. It implies heaped up; heavily laden.
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Led away (aydueva). Away is superfluous. It is only an inference. The meaning is under the direction of. Comp. Rom. viii. 14; Gal. v. 18.