have refused him , testify that the Messiah was divinely appointed to Jesse. — 6 dv/<rrajusvog) So the lxx. interpreted the word of Isaiah, DJ> a banner : There is a pleasant antithesis : the root is in the lowest place ; the banner rises on high [to the greatest height], so as to be seen even by the remotest nations. — eXmovav, shall hope , [trustf) Divine worship is implied here as due to Christ even in His human nature. The Gentiles formerly had no ‘hope,’ Eph. ii. 12.
13. ’E Xn/dog, of hope] Comp, they shall hope , in the preceding verse and immediately after, in hope. The God of hope, a name glorious to God ; a name heretofore unknown to the Gentiles. For Hope had been one of their false divinities, whose temple, Livy mentions in the 21st book of his history, was struck with lightning, and, again in the 24th book, was burnt with fire. — Xypdc kuI slpqvris, with joy and peace ) We may look back to ch. xiv. 17. Concerning joy comp. ver. 10, Rejoice ye; con- cerning peace , ibid, with [His people]. — sv dvvd/isi) construed with ‘xspuuieveiv.
14. ’ AdsXtpoI /&ov, my brethren) As one street often conducts men going out of a large city through several gates, so the con- clusion of this epistle is manifold. The first begins with this verse ; the second with ch. xvi. 1 ; the third with xvi. 17 ; the fourth with xvi. 21 ; and the fifth with xvi. 25. — xai avrog
I myself also ) not merely others, hold this opinion of you, ch. i. 8. — xa / auroi , you yourselves also) even without any admo- nition of mine. — dwd/uzvoiy who are able) By this very declaration he exhorts them to exercise that ability. — xai dWyXovg, also one another) not merely that every one should be his own monitor ; comp. 2 Tim. ii. 2. — vouhnTv, to admonish) He points to this ability, [viz. such as consists in this] that a man may be fi zffr'ogy full of goodness , full from the new creation itself ; filled (yrsvXyi- pupzvog) with all knowledge , filled , viz. by daily exercise ; in the understanding and the will. So, goodness and knowledge are joined, 1 Pet. iii. 6, 7, and the former is especially recom- mended to women, the latter to men. Xmmgy is properly know- ledge; and such knowledge , as shows respect to the weaker vessel, obtains the name of moderation , yet it is in reality know- ledge.
15. ToX/xriporspov, more boldly) That is, I have acted somewhat