g — vo^ara, hearts — thoughts) The heart is the seat of the thoughts.
8. To) The summing up. In ch. iii. 1, ro XO/TOV concludes the particular admonition to joy ; and here ro Xoivbv concludes the general exhortation to every duty. — 6Va, whatsoever things) in general. "A, Those things which, ver. 9, specially in regard to Paul. — «X»j03j — enaivof, true — praise) Eight nouns, in two rows of four members each, of which the one has regard to duty, the other to the commendation of it. If we compare both rows of nouns with one another, the first noun corresponds to the first, the second to the second, the third to the third, the fourth to the fourth. It is a manifold and elegant Chiasmus, compre hending the duties of children, parents, husbands, and wives, and the other (relative) duties. — «X?j0?j, true) in words. — <rs//,i/a, honest) in action. — Mxaia,just) towards others. — ayva, [pure] chaste) in respect to yourselves.- — vpoapiXri, loveable, lovely) ^o<rp/A?j ffwayuyfj ceavrbv noisi, make thyself a person to be loved by the synagogue) Sir. iv. 7. — o ffoipbg sv X6yu> savrbv KpoffQiXri ffoiqfftt, the wise man will make himself a person to be loved in what he says, Sir. xx. 12 (13). — 6'<ra gypjj^a, whatsoever things are of good report) rpoffpiXy, lovely or loveable, face to face : gup»j/Aa, of good report, is used with respect to the absent: comp. i. 27.- — apery, virtue) Paul uses this word only in this passage. It refers to d/xaia, whatsoever things are just. For every virtue is included in righteousness, sv ds dixaioffvvrj <ruXX?j/36?jv crao*' apsry] son. — et7roe,ivog,praise) even in those things which belong less to your neighbour than to yourselves. — raDra Xoy/^o^g, have respect or regard to these things) This refers to the things that are true, and which have been prac tised or are now practised even by others, that we may approve, remember, help forward, promote (advance), imitate such things. We should not only do them when they fall in our way, but also take care, beforehand, that they be done. TaDra vpaaffsrs, do these things, follows with Asyndeton, which [the absence of a connecting particle between ravra Xoy/fytQe and ravra ypdffffsrs] denotes that the one kind of good things [viz. those in ver. 8] does not differ from the other [those in ver. 9].
9. "A xai) Those things which also [But Engl. Vers. " which ye have both learned and," etc.] Ka/, also, connects this verse with the following words, not with the preceding words. He