have heard) Even the first hearing about Christ takes away sins. — It/ avrti, in Him) i.e. in His name, as to what concerns Him. — edidd%07irs, ye have been taught) you have received the doctrine. The consequent of hearing and of being taught is to learn [spaders, ver. 20]. — xad&jc, even as) i.e. so as : comp. xadug, in such a way as, 1 Cor. viii. 2, so, as the truth is really in Jesus. The anti thesis is according to, ver. 22 [your former conversation — accord ing to the deceitful lusts]. — aX^de/a, the truth) This is opposed to heathen vanity in general, ver. 17 ; and is resumed ver. 24, that it may receive a fuller discussion. Truth, viz. the true know ledge of the true God. — kv rp 'l^tfoD, in Jesus) Those who believe in Jesus, speak the truth, 1 John ii. 8.
22. ' A<!ro6'e<rQai, that ye put off) This word depends on / say, ver. 17: and from the same verse the power of the particle no longer \jwKtn, Engl. Vers. henceforth — not] is taken up, as it were, after a parenthesis without a conjunction in the equivalent verb, put off [== that ye henceforth walk not, ver. 17] : for the reverse of those things, which are mentioned ver. 18, 19, has been al ready set forth and cleared out of the way in ver. 20, 21 ; and yet this verb atfoQ'ettQai, to put off, has some relation to the words immediately preceding ver. 21. Patting on, ver. 24, is directly opposed to the putting off [ver. 22]. — Kara rqv irpor&pav awtrfrpof^r, according to the former conversation) according as you have for merly walked. The antithesis is the whole of ver. 23 : according to shows the force of the verb, which has relation to it, put off, not merely abstain. — rbv faXaibv avQpurtov, the old man) The concrete for the abstract, as presently, at ver. 24, "the new man:" comp. ver. 13, note. The abstract, for example, is lying, ver. 25. — rov pdtipofAsvov, who was corrupt) The Imperfect, as xXl^rwi/, who stole, ver. 28. The antithesis is, ivas created [in righteous ness, ver. 24], and that too in the aorist or imperfect [xri<r6'evra9 not as Engl. Vers. " which is created"], in respect of the first creation and the original intention [of God in making man at first pure and innocent]. — Kara rag eiri6vf&ias, according to the lusts) The antithesis is, according to God, in righteousness [ver. 24], etc. — rag eiridvpiag, the lusts] The antithesis is, righteousness and holiness. — rr\g aie&rqs) of heathen error. The antithesis is, of truth [rfo ak^iag, lit. " the holiness of truth;" so true holiness, ver. 24].
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