and removed from superstitious fear and severity (rigour). — •/.ara, according to) as the commandments of men are wont to be. — ra IvraX^ara xa/ didaffxaXiag, the commandments and doctrines) Matt. xv. 9, note.
23. "Anva, which) An Anaphora [repetition of the same word in beginnings] : comp. a, which, ver. 22. — ten, are) Construe, are — for, to the satisfying (l<rr/i/ — <7rpb$ TXTJO/XOV^V), as ver. 22, are for perishing (e<sr iv — stg pQopav); therefore resolve s^ovra into though (whereas) they have, that it may form a clause : t<tn, are, and tffoc, to, being disjoined, the sentence becomes appropriately (appositely) suspended. — Xfyov) a name and a plausible appear ance. — fAsvj indeed) The force of the particle 8s, but, which makes an Apodosis,is concealed in the finite verb 'ian, are.1- ivill-worship) sQsXoQpqffxsia, as well as humility of sentiment (ppoffvvy), has a plausible appearance. For this word, as E. Schmidius well shows, denotes worship (whether right or wrong), performed willingly and with ready inclination : such euneiQsia, ready promptness or obsequiousness, has the appearance of wisdom : comp. James iii. 1 7 ; for it seems to be removed from obstinacy, as humility of sentiment (ra<7rsivo<ppoffvvq) seems to be removed from pride. — ravsivoppoevvri, humility of sentiment) ver. 18, note. — xa/ atpeiMq ffufAarog, [Engl. Vers., neglecting of, etc.] and with severe treatment of [not sparing^ the body) which is the case when many things are witnheld from the body, which might be af forded to it, ver. 21 ; nay, the body itself is purposely worn down [mortified]. This also looks plausible, for it becomes saints, 1 Cor. ix. 27 ; although a<pei8iu expresses something more odious, than TO uvuKiafyiv xa/ SouXaywygfy in the passage quoted from first Corinthians. These three things, plausible in appear ance, involve a threefold relation : to God, to angels, to one's own self; and therefore they have, when joined together, a perfect appearance. — oi>x sv n^ nvi, not in any price or estima tion [honour]) This clause closely coheres with the preceding ; and the latter, sv, in, is opposed to the preceding sv, in. The LXX. avsu n^g, i.e. without price, for nothing, Is. Iv. 1 ; Ps. xliv. 13 ; Job xxxi. 39. It becomes the man who is ennobled
1 Which, though having indeed (/^tv) a name of wisdom, etc., yet (Be under stood and implied in sari) are to the mere satisfying of the flesh. — ED.