preserves them as His ; and that fact jni11 He will make known, ibid. — xa;? and) Observe, says Petitus, according to Paul, that some words were written on both sides on the round surface of the seal ; for on the one face of the seal these words are read, the Lord knows, etc., but on the other, let him desist, etc. — a-irb dd/x/ag, let him desist from iniquity) Ibid., ver. 26 : TS afto TC/JV ffK^vuv TMV avQp&fruy r&v ffxhqpuv rovrwv, be separated from the tents of these wicked men. Paul uses the abstract, iniquity, for the concrete ; comp. ver. 21 (note), if a man by purging himself shall go forth from these ; and at the same time he has regard to that passage of Is. lii. 11, AIIO2THTE, etc., " DEPAET YE, DEPAET YE, touch no UNCLEAN THING (AKA0APTOT) ; be ye clean that bear the VESSELS (2KETH) of the Lord." The Imperative, let him desist, pronounced in the name of God, implies power to depart; and also implies the blessedness of those who depart. — crag 6 bvo/ud^uv) every one that names the name of Christ, as his Lord : comp. Acts xix. 13, note. That is done by preaching, Jer. xx. 9, and by celebrating His name, Ps. xx. 7. — rb ovo/o-a, the name) Concerning the name of the Lord, concerning the Lord knowing none save His own, concerning unrighteousness, comp. Matt. vii. 22, 23.
20. MgyaX??, great) Such is the Church. — yjpMu. xa/ apyupa, of gold and of silver) of precious materials, hard, able to endure fire. — ^vXiva xa/ (xtrpdxiva, of wood and earth) of viler materials, fragile, and fearing the fire. — xa/ a psv — a ds) and the former in deed, viz. those of gold, to honour ; but the latter, viz. those of wood, to quite a different purpose. Even the gold vessel may be applied to dishonourable purposes ; that of wood, to such as are honourable ; but that does not easily happen in a well regulated household. Members of the Church inferior in point of gifts and degrees of faith and sanctification are not vessels for dishonour, nor ought any one exxaQafpeiv, to purge himself from these.
21. 'Eav olv ng, if a man therefore) for example, Timothy. — ixxaldpfj eatvrrjv anl rovruv) by purging himself, shall go forth from the number of these vessels, to dishonour. The active voice with the reciprocal pronoun indicates the utmost freedom of powrer on the part of believers. — fiyiaap'svov, sanctified) The peculiar pro perty of God, and entirely devoted to Him. — xa/, and) s!g rtfj^v
v, for honour prepared, forms four clauses ; of