sently vo/it^u. Aristotle , carefully pointing out the propriety of Greek words, especially in his Ethics, makes the following ob- servations : i] %aXov/Jj?V7i yvu>fi7] 57 rou etfiemoug e<rr} xp'uSig bpdvj, u that which is termed ym^i 3, opinion , is the right judgment of the equitable man and again, j 7 ds evyyvdjfiyi, yvdj/uri earl npirm ) rou smeixoug bpdr\. opOri 5s rou aXyi&oug, u and indulgence [concession] is the upright judicious opinion of what is equitable ; and the in- dulgence of the truthful man is right,” Lib. 6, Eth. Nic. c. II.1 There the discussion is more extended, and when we read it all, we shall more clearly understand, what yvw/Ajj and (SvyyvwiiYi are. ’E-r/rayfj implies command : yvupiri relates to opinion, and has GvyyvufjjYi [a common sentiment , fellow-feeling , and so indulgence ] closely connected with it, which is a yv upy, accommodated to the state or mind of another, as in regard to a thing done, so also in case of a thing to be done. See ver. 6, and 2 Cor. viii. 10, 8, where both of these words, are opposed to ry\ sK/rayy. Each has regard to rb <rv/u<p&fov, the profit of him, whose advantage is consulted ; in the same verse 10, and here 1 Cor. vii. 35. Such is the nature of those things which are treated of in this chapter, that they partly fall under svirayfiv, and partly under yvofiyv and ffuyyvufATjv. But it was becoming, that emrayy} should be through- out written in the name of the Lord, yvu^ and (tuyyvwfiriy in the name of the apostle. Therefore on that point, which falls under kvray^v, the Lord had expressly suggested to the apostle what he should write, but on this point, which falls under yi/w/x?jv, it was not necessary to make any suggestion ; for, the apostles wrote nothing, which was not inspired, Sfoswumv ; but they sometimes had a special revelation and command, xiv. 37 ; 1 Thess. iv. 15 : they derived the rest from the habitual faith, which had taken its rise within them from their experience of the Lord’s mercy ; as in this verse ; and also from the treasury of the Spirit of God [which they possessed], ver. 40 : and con- sequently in cases like this, they might very freely apply various methods according to the variety of circumstances and persons, as their holy feelings [affections of mind] allowed,
1 Taylor’s translation of this passage is as follows : “ What is called upright decision is the right judgment of the equitable man ; but pardon is an upright judiciary decision of the equitable man, and the decision is right which is made by a man observant of truth.”