‘related by Ovid (Metam. viii. 626-724). The thought ap- pears in our Lord’s words, Matt. xxv. 34-46.
3. Them that are in bonds (rav Seculwy). See on ch. x. 34.
As bound with them (as cuvdedeudvor). N.T.°. Asif you were fellow-prisoners. Comp. 1 Cor. xii. 14-26; 2 Cor. xi. 29. Public intercession for prisoners has formed a part of the service of the church from the earliest times. See the prayer at the close of Clem. Rom Ad Corinth. lix. It also occurs in the daily morning service of the synagogue.
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Which suffer adversity (xaxovyoupévwy). Rend. are evil entreated. Seeon ch. xi. 37.
As being yourselves also in the body (as cal atroi dvtes év c@patt). As subject like them to bodily sufferings. Not in the body—the church, which would require the article. The expression év c@pate in the sense of being still alive, only in 2 Cor. xii. 2.
4. Marriage is honourable in all (répos 0 yduos év tract). T'ayos everywhere else in N. T. a wedding or wedding feast, often in the plural, as Matt. xxii. 2, 38,4; L. xii. 36. Téwos honourable or held in honour. Often in N. T. precious, of gold, stones, etc., as 1 Cor. ili. 12; Apoc. xvii. 4; xviii. 12: of life, Acts xx. 24: the fruits of the earth, Jas. v. 7; the blood of Christ, 1 Pet. i. 19; the divine promises, 2 Pet. i. 4. Rend. “let marriage be had in honour.” ‘The statement is hortatory, as suiting the character of the entire context, and especially the yap for; ‘for whoremongers,” etc. "Ev waow “in all respects,” as 1 "Tim. mi. 11;°2 "Tim. iv-os Titsii. 9; Col. i. 18; Philip. iv. 12. If as A.V., the more natural expression would be mapa maow, as Matt. xix. 26; Acts xxvi. 8; Rom. ii. 18; 2 Th. i. 6; Jas. i. 27. ’Ev waow in all things appears in this chapter, ver. 18.* There are many points in which marriage is to be honoured besides the avoid- ance of illicit connections. See on 1 Thess. iv. 6.
God will judge (xpivet 6 Oeds). Note the emphatic position of o Oeds. He will judge and condemn infractions of the marriage-bond, however social sentiment may condone them.
5. Let your conversation be without covetousness (apirdpyupos 6 tpdros). Tpdros originally turn or direction. Hence way, manner, fashion ; way or manner of life. In this sense N. T.°. Elsewhere often in the phrase 8 tpdzrov or ee a ee eee
* Calvin, taking rao. as masculine, explains that marriage is not to be
denied to any class of men, as to priests. Others explain that marriage is not to be avoided on ascetic grounds by any one.
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ka? dv tpdrov-in or according to the way in which. See Matt. xxiii. 37; L. xiii. 34; Acts i. 11; xv. 11; xxvii. 25. The meaning here is character or moral disposition. ’AdiAdp- yupos without covetousness, only here and 1 Tim. iii. 3, see note.
Be content with such things as ye have (apxovmevor trois mapovow). Lit. being contented with the things which are at hand. For apxeiy to suffice, see L. iii. 14; J. vi. 7; 1 Tim. vi. 8. On the compounds adrdp«ns self-sufficient and avtdpxea self- sufficiency, see on 2 Cor. ix. 8; Philip. iv. 11,
For he hath said (airés yap elpnxev). Rend. for “he himself.” God himself. For eipnxev hath said, see ch. i. 18; tv. 9,4.:,x. 9.
1 will never leave nor forsake thee (ov 7 ce avd ov8d’ ob bn oe éyxatarXirw). Comp. Gen. xxviii. 15; Josh. i. 5; Deut. xxxi. 6. None of these, however, give the saying in the form in which it appears here. This appears to be a combination or general adaptation of those passages. For “never,” rend. “ by no means” or “in no wise.” ’Avo from avinut. In Acts xvi. 26; xxvii. 40, to loosen: Eph. vi. 9, to give wp or forbear. Somewhat in this last sense here: “I will in no wise give thee up, or let thee go.” I will not relax my hold on thee. For éyxaradirw forsake, see on 2 Tim. iv. 10.