should settle the dispute between themselves, without any inter- ference on the part of the judge.
6. K a) rovra, and that) So also x at mvrccy v. 8; Heb. xi. 12.
7. " OXwg) A particle implying a feeling; comp. ch. v. 1 [note]: it is opposed by implication to ftajM'k u$. You ought to have no cases oXug, at all , against one another, but you have oXug, after all, notwithstanding.- — Tjrr^a, [a fault] defect ) even on the part of him, who has the iuster cause, and thinks he has the superior cause [Matth. v. 39.] He does not say, sin , yet this readily is added in such cases, v. 8; defect \_fault] and praise are in opposition ; comp. xi. 17, note. Praise is not indeed expressly found in this passage. Some such antithetic word, however, is intended, because he does not expressly use the term, sin, either. The thing which is praised , is something as it were more blooming and uncommon than the mere action agreeable to the law. So in its opposite. — vjuo, to you) There is a similar dative in xv. 32. 1 — /a&XXov, rather ) all men do not understand this word rather. Many desire neither to injure nor to be injured. They do not attempt to inflict an injur)7-, which is a mere pretence to moderation in regard to justice. — ddixsfgfa) suffer wrong, in the Middle voice; as dvogn petek.
8. ye) Emphatic. The Antithesis is to those,, from whom they ought rather to suffer injury. — dhxzXrz, ye do injury) by taking away. — dtfogrzp&Trz, ye defraud) by refusing [to give back a trust] and retaining. — dbzX<poug, brethren) This increases the fault.
9. *H) Latin an \or ; the second part of a disjunctive interro- gation].— dbixoi , unrighteous) Comp. v. 8. — fiagiXerav 0eoD, the kingdom of God) In this kingdom righteousness flourishes.: — oil xXyjpovo/jtjijgovgi, they shall not inherit) because they are not the sons of God.-: — w ‘xXavagfo, be not deceived) by yourselves and others. — Kopvoi — r Ip-rraysg, fornicators — extortioners) Scandalous crimes common at Corinth, 2 Cor. xii. 20, 21 ; at Rome, Rom. xiii. 13 ; in Galatia* Gal. v. 19, 20 : at Ephesus, 1 Tim. i. 9, 10 : and in Crete, Tit. i. 12. This remark applies to the act of fornication, etc., and much more to the habit. — eiduXoXa- rpui, idolaters) Idolatry is placed between fornication and
1 K pifAetr«, trials) Although concerning, a, cause not unjust. — V . g.