this one passage of the epistle. Nowhere do soldiers use to one another the title brethren more than in the field of battle. — ivdwa- poufffa, be strong) Those, and those only, who are strong in them selves, are fitted for putting on the whole armour [the panoply]. — jc«/) a Hendiadys. — xpdrei r%$ /0%i/oc, by the power of His might) This is said of Christ, as i. 19 of the Father.
11. HavoKtJav, the whole armour) ver. 13. — <rr5jva/, to stand) A word taken from the arena and the camp ; comp. note on Matt. xii. 25. The power of the Lord is ours. — peQofaias, the wiles) which he frames both by force and by craft. [j/eQodog, a way opposite to the direct [straight] way, a circuitous road, which they take who lie in wait, 2 Mace. xiii. 18 ; whence pMsvsiv, 2 Sam. xix. (27) 28, LXX. Esth. xe<p. p6, concerning Haman : KoXwrXoxoig {MQoduv -TrapaXoy/^o/i;, with manifold deceits of wiles [plans]. Chrysostom has used Ms&odsia in a good sense in Homil. iv., de penit. : " We ought to be thankful to God, who through much discipline (<3/<jb <TTO\\UV /Jt,&6o8eiuv) cures and saves our souls," — did croXXwv ftsQodeiuv, through the alternations of prospe rity and adversity. — ™D 8ia(36Xov, the devil) the chief of the ene mies, who are pointed out at ver. 12. \The same who is called, ver. 16, o ffwqposy the wicked one. — V. g.]
12. Ovx 'iffnv, is not) The evil spirits lurk concealed behind the men who are hostile to us. — ^ vdXy) the wrestling. — Kpo$ afya xai ffdpxa, against blood and flesh) Comp. Matt. xvi. 17, note. "i£O1 D*7, blood and flesh, viz. (mere) men, were weak, even at Rome, where they kept Paul a prisoner. — «AX«, but) After a very distinct mention of good angels, ch. i. 21, iii. 10, he thus appropriately speaks also of bad spirits, especially to the Ephe- sians ; comp. Acts xix. 19. The more plainly any book of Scripture treats of the Christian dispensation and the glory of Christ, the more clearly, on the other hand, does it present to our view the opposite kingdom of darkness. — wpbg, against) Against occurs four times [after aXXal. In three of the clauses the power of our enemies is pointed out ; in the fourth, their nature and disposition. — xoo'Mxpdropeg, the rulers of the world) 6 mundi tenentes,' The holders of the world, to use the word of Tertullian. It is well that they are not holders of all things ; yet the power not only of the devil himself, but also of those over whom he exercises authority, is great. There seem to be