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line. — tt]c yvojaewg xa i r/jg dXriOeiag, of knowledge and of the truth ) a Ilendiadys ; the truth in this passage expresses accuracy in esta- blished doctrine, in our days called orthodoxy.
21. Oj diddaxeig, dost thou not teach) a Metonymy for the con- sequent (that is, substituting the antecedent for the consequent), he, who doth not practise, doth not teach his own self. — preaching ) loudly, clearly.
21, 22. KX'skths, (x.myjbug, ispoffuXeTg, dost thou commit theft , adultery , sacrilege f) Thou sinnest most heinously against thy neighbour, against thyself, and against God. Paul had shown to the Gentiles, that their sins were first against God, secondly against themselves, and thirdly against others ; he now inverts the order ; for sins against God are very openly practised among the Gentiles ; not so, in the case of the Jew. — 6 fide Xvatopevog, thou that ahhorrest) even in speaking. — ra e7<5wXa, idols) The Jews, from the Babylonish captivity even to the present day, abhor idolatry, to which they had been formerly addicted : never- theless they even put Christ to death, and [still] oppose the Gospel and the glory of God. — iepotrvX e?g, dost thou commit sacri- lege f) because thou dost not give God the glory, which pecu- liarly belongs to God.
24. To yap ovo/jja) Is. lii. 5, in the LXX., d? dfjjag did tfuvrbg rb ovofjtd (lev fiXaGtpri/jje/rai ev roTg sAeov, through you My name is conti- nually blasphemed among the Gentiles. — Comp. Ezek. xxxvi. 20, etc. — xaOug yeyputfraij as it is written) This short clause is fittingly placed at the end, as it refers to a thing evident of itself, but it is set down for the sake of the Jews, ch. iii. 19.
25. ’ftipeXeT, profiteth) He does not say justifieth ; the profit is described chap. iii. and iv. Circumcision was still practised among the (believing) Jews. — idv, if) Paul not only speaks, using the ad liominem argument [argument on his adversary’s own principles to confute him], but also speaks according to his own sentiments, and shows, that they are deceiving themselves, who are trusting to circumcision, though they have violated the law. — '7rapufidrr}g , a transgressor) A word abhorred by a Jew, ver. 27-
26. fH axpofivffria, uncircumcision) that is, a person uncircum- cised, for to this the auroD, his, is referred. — Xoyic6r]<serai) The future ; shall be counted , by a righteous judgment. In ver. 25, yeyovev, the preterite, implies, is now made -
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