jamin) son of Rachel, not of the maid-servant. — s? 'Efipatuv, of the Hebrews) not a proselyte, and neither the one parent nor the other being of the Gentiles. — <E>af/<ra/b?, a Pharisee) of the most rigid description [" of the straitest sect," Acts xxvi. 5].
6. A/wxwv, persecuting) He formerly thought that he was act ing most meritoriously.
7. "Ar/i/a, those things which) Referring to the things just now enumerated. — x'ep&fy gains) A. very comprehensive plural. — riyvpai, / counted) A most Christian profession respecting the past, present, and future ; extending as far as the 14th verse. — did, rbv Xp/ffrbv, for the sake of Christ) To these words are to be referred the words following in ver. 8, 9, i'va, x.r.X., that, etc. — ^Tj/A/at/) loss.
8. Msvouv9 yea) There is an amplification of the language, namely, in the employment of this particle, and then by the em phatic addition \JEpitasis. Append.] of synonymous terms ; also in the fuller appellation of Christ Himself. — xai ^yoD/xa/, even I count) xai, even, intensifies the force of the present tense in yyovpai, I count. Righteousness, not only at first, but always throughout the whole career of the saints, is of faith. — crai/ra, all things) not only those which I have now mentioned, but all things. — <3/« — yvoiffswg, x.r.X., for — of the knowledge, etc.) Con strued with / count1, and refer to this, ver. 10, 11, roD yvuvai, that Irnay know. — TO v^epe^ov r%g yvuatuc, the excellency of the knowledge) Excellency properly belongs to Christ ; but when He is known, the knowledge of Him likewise obtains excellency. — roD Kupiov pou, of my Lord) The appropriation of the [Saviour by the] believer. — ifyujuudw) not only / counted them loss, but in reality / cast them away. — <r/cu/3aXa) There is an amplification here in regard to the believer's self-denial as to all things : fy/Aia, loss, is incurred with equanimity ; <r/cu/3aXa are hastily thrown away, as things not afterwards to be considered worthy either to be touched or looked at. The Hebrew word, BHB, contains an Antanaclasis2 in relation to the Pharisees ;3 see P.
1 On account of the excellency, etc., I count all things loss : not with efaett fyfttetv, to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge. — Eel.
2 The same word, in the same context, used in a double sense. See Append. — ED.
8 Of whom Paul, ver. 5, had said he was one. « Pharisee, Th. Thar ash, u\ the