18. — Chap. iv. 1. A/ yuva/kec, /c.r.X., wives, etc.) Eph. v. 22— vi. 9. — sv Kvp/u, in the Lord) These words are construed with
s, submit yourselves ; comp. Eph. vi. 1 : or else with as it is fit ; comp. in this view ver. 20, unless vvaxowrt,
obey, ver. 20, be there likewise construed with iv KiWw. It may
be construed either wa.
dwell in you richly in all wisdom ;" Lachm. rightly puts (o Aoyo^ rov
sv vplv n'hovaias) in a parenthesis, and thus Iv Koiay ootyioe. ^i^cta- ;, etc., is joined with the previous kv^atpiortu y-isssaQe.—Ei).
1 The 2d Ed. prefers, and the Germ. Vers. distinctly expresses the plural, sj> rctis xetpbictts, which is not approved in the margin of the older Ed.— E. B.
ABCD(A)G/y Vulg. read ralg Kxphiottg. So Lachm. Tisch., without any of the oldest authorities, reads as Rec. Text, r>5 x-xp^ice,. — ED.
2 Where the concord of the parts of speech is regulated not by strict syntax, but by the meaning in the rnind, as here, Iv vplv — S/S««rxo»Tg?, for ${$»ax,ovffii>. But Lachmann's punctuation makes this needless. See my note above. — ED.
19. M^ yinpaiveffde, be not bitter) n/xp/a, hateful conduct (offensive behaviour) mixed with love. Many, who are polite to all abroad, notwithstanding without scruple treat their wives and children at home with covert bitterness, because they do not fear them ; and when this feeling is vanquished, it affords a specimen of great softening of natural ruggedness of temper.
21. l"lva pi) advpuffiv, lest they be discouraged) aQvpia, despon dency (a broken-down spirit), the bane of youth.
22. &&bv, God) who knows the heart.
23. "On lav Koiyre, whatsoever ye do) in your service. — 6 edv n, Eph. vi. 8.
24. T% K^povopiaS) of the inheritance) Although you have no inheritance in the world, but are part of an inheritance passing from your Master to His children. — Xp/<rr£, Christ) who rewards them that serve Him. — dovXzvsrs, ye serve) while you thus serve.
25. 'Adr/.£v, he that doeth wrong) In actual deed and from the heart. — ou?c g<rr/ •sTJotfawroX^/a, there is no respect of persons) Men of low rank and poor circumstances often think that they should be spared on account of their humble condition. That is denied.