The expression is clearly demonstrative. — oi svdwovrts, they who ereep in) privately. — ywaixdpta) silly women, who are presently described as like those (in ver. 5). — emdv^iais cro/x/Xa/g, with various or divers lusts) of the mind and of the flesh : iv. 3. Even this variety is a source of delight.
7. Mav&avovra, learning) for the indulgence of curiosity.— pjldeirors, never) Whence they are easily led captive, ver. 6.
8. 'lavvqs KUI 'laftfipqsj Jannes and Jambres) Euseb., i. 9, Prsep. Evang., quotes the following passage from Numemius : " Jannes and Jambres, understood to be Egyptian sacred scribes fytpoypafiflarsTg, a lower order of priests in Egypt), men of no small skill in magical operations, at the time when the Jews were driven out of the land of Egypt," etc. Jannes and Jambres were names very well known in Paul's time ; for they were very often mentioned in the ancient books of the Hebrews, as two of the principal magicians among the Egyptians. The very acute Hillerus, according to the Abyssinian language, interprets Jannes, a jester or trickster, and Jambres, a juggler ; for he is of opinion, that the appellatives were changed into proper names in the lapse of time.— Onom. S., p. 671, 843. Certainly, if they were entirely proper names, we may believe that they were formerly psaa (terms intermediate between appellatives and proper names), which indicated the profession of the art itself (as well as the person) ; comp. Acts xiii. 8. — avrsffrqffav Maoy, ivithstood Moses) by rivalling to some extent his wonders. — avMffravrui, resist) The opposite is, shall suffer persecution, ver. 12. — adoKi^ot) reprobate, having no power to approve : comp. Rom. i. 28.
9. Ou vrp&xtyowriv ewl TAJ/OV, they shall proceed no further) not so as to seduce others, although they themselves, and those like them, shall proceed (<7rpo%6^ov<riv) to worse and worse, ver. 13. Often malice proceeds deeper down when it cannot extend itself. — civoioi, folly) though they may think themselves wise. — sxci^Xt;) brought from (sx) concealment into open day. — h exefvuv, theirs) Ex. vii. 12, viii. 18, ix. 11. A very severe punishment is denoted by the moderate expression, used by the apostle in reference to a well-known fact.
10. 20 ds, but thou) An antithesis : so again after new descrip tions of evils, ver. 14, ch. iv. 5. — <7rafy;xoXou#>jxa$, thou hast fol-