Xfqffrorqs is rather to be referred to another, ayaQuffvvq, goodness, as it were pouring out, viz. spontaneously.— m<rn$) roi£tf, con sistency [steadiness], fidelity, to which are opposed seditions and heresies. Weigh well also the order of the words.
23. Tuv roiovruv, against such [persons]) This is the same, as if he had added, after temperance, the expression, and things similar to these ; although the very wrant of the copulative con junction [the asyndeton] has this force, Matt. xv. 19, note : ruv TOIO-JTUV is in the masculine ; with which comp. ver. 18, 21, at the end ; where tpaffffovrsg is added, which is now as it were compensated for by roiovruv [such persons] : 1 Tim. i. 9, 10, at the beginning. — ovx sffri v6/tog, there is no law) The law itself commands love. [And therefore the kingdom of God is judged not to be unworthy of such persons. — V. g.]
24. O/ 8s ro\j XpitfroZ, Moreover they icho are Christ s) He re sumes the proposition laid clown at ver. 18. — rrjv ffdpxa, the flesh) of which ver. 19, 20.— -sffruvpuaav, have crucified) They do so with Christ^ Rom. vi. 6, by having received baptism and faith. They have it crucified at present [they have the flesh now in a state of crucifixion]. Supply, and the Spirit is strong within them. This is included in ver. 24 from ver. 22.— vaQwaai, with the passions) The lusts spring from the passions., and are nourished by them. The affections and appetites both deserve the same punishment as the flesh. [The passions are those that are violent, boisterous, and outrageous. The lusts, on the con trary^ calmly seek after ivhat is calculated to minister food to the senses. — V. g.]
25. E/', if) He returns to exhortation ; Walk, he said at ver. 16, now, ffroixupev, let us tcalk. From the beginning of the spiritual life, the walk which is 6 Kara crofyov, i.e. -/.ara rafyv, a walk in due order or regularity (says Eustathius), ought to be maintained. Comp. concerning the wicked, Col. iii. 7. — <rro/;/£- usv, let us walk) The same word occurs, vi. 16. {They live in the Spirit, are moved (by the Spirit), and are spiritual- -V. g.]
26. My yivui/A&Oa, let us not become [Engl. Vers., not so well, le]) Those who do not carefully w^alk in the Spirit, fall in the next place into the desire of vain-glory, of which two effects are
good to others, is not of such a winning aspect and of such sweetness of manner as xpwrtTw. Comp, £w/os xpwrog, Matt. xi. 30.— E».