27. K g/vit, shall judge ) Those, whom thou now judgest, will in their turn judge thee at the day of judgment, ver. 16. Matt, xii. 41 ; 1 Cor. vi. 2, 3. — reXoutra, keeping (if it fulfil) : a word of large meaning. Therefore id v, if \ ver. 26, has a conditional meaning, and does not positively assert. — <r'e, thee ), who art its judge [the self-constituted judge of the uncircumcised]. — r'ov) the article does not properly belong to < 7rapa(3urvjv , but r'ov d/a is used as ^ sx. — d/a \by, or] with ) Thou hast the letter, but thou even abusest it ; there is an antithesis between by nature , and with the letter ; then follows a Hendiadys, by the letter and circum- cision. Concerning the letter and spirit, see ch. vii. 6.
28. 'o Jv), a periphrasis for the adjective. — sv eapx/, in the flesh ) opposed to [that] of the heart , ver. 29.
29. ol, whose), who seeks praise and has it, not from men, etc. — sVa/i iog, praise ) The allusion is to the name Jew [ Judah ], THI'* they shall praise thee, Gen. xlix. 8. He therefore adds, oil, not \j7rspiro/xr,g]. This is the solution : The Jew who is one imvardly, he is the Jew, who has praise ; as much as to say, this is true Judaism. It is opposed to the judging [ver. 3]. — oux sg di iQputfwv, not of men), who, when they praise themselves, boast, ver. 17. — Qmv, of God), who sees the heart.
1. T 7, what). Paul’s usual form of bringing in an objection. — oh) then. Since circumcision is unprofitable without observing the law, and since being a Jew outwardly is of no avail, what advantage does the latter possess, and of what profit is the former % It therefore must follow, that the J ews have no pecu- liar privileges whatever. Paul denies this conclusion. There are innumerable exceptions taken against the doctrine set forth in this epistle, by the perverseness of the Jews, and of mankind at large ; but Paul sweeps them all away. — -rb ‘r&pnwbv, peculiar advantage), IDS over [as compared with] the Gentiles. This