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it does not grieve at another’s good, nor rejoice at another’s calamity. The conjunction is wanting to is kind [Asyn- deton].
4, 5. Ou Kzprrzpzuzrat, ou <pu<fiourur oux. d<Syr\[j>ovz7, ou Zr\rz7 rd za urrjg, vauntetli not itself \ is not puffed up, doth not behave itself un- seemly, seeketh not its own ) The second class consists of four members : in the first and second, two things in excess, which are generally united, are taken away ; in the third and fourth two things in defect, which are likewise united, are also taken away : for ao^jj^oi/g/v means the want of attention to that de- cency, and that civility, which propriety required to be ob- served : and ZyrzTv ra ga urov is connected with the neglect of others, when a man looks merely to himself and leaves others to themselves. Love avoids these two defects, and the third cor- responds to the first, for both refer to the desire of approving one’s self to others : the fourth is opposed to the second, for both refer to the necessity of avoiding party feeling. Ou ‘xzpKzpzuerou, it does not act insolently, with pride and ostentation ; again, ovk aff^rjfzovzT, it is not uncourteous, unpolite, rude i1 see what I have remarked on the verb ‘jrzpwzpzuzrui ad Gregorii Paneg., p. 141, etc. ; ou cpuciourai, is not puffed up, with too strong party-zeal for another; comp. iv. 6 : again ou fyrzTrd zaurijs [ seeks not its owii], does not show favour to itself, and does not ask others to show it favour. In a way not dissimilar, twice two members have like- wise respect to each other mutually (though they are occasion- ally placed in a different order by chiasmus direct or inverse) at ver. 7, and especially at xiv. 6.
5. Ou ‘Trupot'uvsTcu — t7rdvra uffoffzvzi, is not provoked — beareth all things) The third class, consisting of six members ; of which the third and fourth, and so the second and fifth, the first and sixth agree with one another. For there is a chiasmus, and that too retrograde, and quite agreeing with the double climax by steps negative and affirmative. And of all these our neighbour is the
1 Where love flourishes, there also true modesty prevails, which is termed civility among people of the world (nor yet should familiarity be blamed as insolent) : on the other hand,*every degree of elegance of manners , even in its highest perfection, shows in men of the world something of an insolent character in it, on account of self-love. Let the world cease to boast of virtues ; they apply only to true Christianity. — V . g.
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