from the communion of saints, nowhere gives any charge con- cerning the dead. — biunovng, following after ) so that you not only are to receive to your house strangers, but are to seek them out.
14. Aiuxovrag, persecuting) for the sake of Christ. — xd w 7tarupu<ft)e, curse not) not even in thought.
15. Xuipsiv, rejoice) the infinitive for the imperative, a thing not unfrequent among the Greeks, and here a gentle mode of expression [ moratus , indicative of rjOog, a feeling, viz. here the avoidance of the authoritative Imperative]. I exhort is under- stood, taken from ver. 1. Laughter is properly opposed to weeping, but in this passage as in 1 Cor. vii. 30, joy is used, not laughter , which is less suitable to Christians in the world.
16. T oTg raKtivoTg, to lowly things [Engl. V. u to men of low estate”]) Neuter, for the phrase high things precedes. — vvwna- yoftivoi, being [suffering yourselves to be] carried along with) the verb has the force of the middle voice, by which voluntary auy- xurafiaff/g, condescension , is denoted. The proud think, that he, who is humble, is led away, but it is a good thing to be led away in this manner ; so it was with David. — y'mck (ppbvipot <7 rap savroTg) Prov. iii. 7, LXX, hfk (ppovipog 'ircipu Gzaurti [comp. Rom. xi. 25.]
17. Upovoov/xsvoi xaXa evumov wuvruv avdpui^ojv) Providing things honest in the sight of all men. Prov. iii. 4, LXX., npovoov xaXa svuitfiov Kupiov 7cai avOp&Kwv. — xa Xa, becoming) A precious stone should not merely be a precious stone, but it should also be properly set in a ring, so that its splendour may meet [attract] the eye. — <robrwv, of all) For many are suspicious and unjust. See the following verse.
18. ’E/, if) if possible. He makes it conditional, and this
clause may be construed with the 17th verse, inasmuch as good actions, especially if circumspection be wanting, may often appear to some not so good as they really are. — ro e% vpuv, so far as it lieth in you) This is a limitation, for it is not always pos- sible owing to others. — / mtu Kavruv av&pu i^rwv, with all men) of whom there was a very great conflux at Rome. No man is so savage, as not to have the feelings of humanity towards some individuals, but we ought to be peaceful, gentle, meek towards all, Phil. iv. 5 ; 2 Tim. ii. 24 ; Tit. iii. 2. [ Once and again at