(put) ; the second, and I will be ; the third, and not ; the fourth, because (for) all. The second explains the first ; the fourth, the third. — v6pov$ ftou) Heb. Win DK, my law. We have the sum of these laws presently, / will be to them a GOD, and they shall be to Me a people. — th rfiv didvoiav aurwv) D2 "ip2, into the midst of them, that they may obey willingly (from the heart). — sir) xapdfas) Genitive, ch. X. 16. — faiyf&tyto ctvroug) LXX., ypd-^u aurovg, Kai o-^o/^at avrou$.
11. Oi» w dtdd^uffiv, they shall not teach) A Metonymy of the consequent for the antecedent : i.e. All will be taught by GOD Himself especially the love, which is the sum of the law. The exertions of brethren in teaching are not absolutely denied ; for men must first be taught, whilst the covenant itself is being promulgated to them ; Acts iii. 25 ; Is. ii. 3 : then the instruc tion of brethren is plainly no longer necessary, at least to those who attain to the very power of the covenant in the remission of sins, and in the knowledge of the Lord. We have no need to write, nor you to be written to, says Paul, 1 Thess. iv. 9, v. 1. There will be a very full accomplishment of these pro mises when that which is perfect has come, even eternal life. But on the way to it every man should certainly teach and ex hort himself and his brother ; xiii. 22, Jude 3. In short, even the doctrine, which is either solid meat or milk for the strong and for the weak, both alike being godly, delights the godly ; Heb. v. 12, 13, xiii. 7 : nay, these very persons now at last, and not till now, fully comprehend doctrine (< teaching') ; 1 Cor. ii. 6, iii. 1 ; and the apostle himself, both here and in the whole of his office, teaches. That precept of highest importance, Know the Lord, is learned from the Lord. One proclaims to another every doctrine (every kind of teaching) that is agreeable to this one, which stands highest : and admonition has the principal place ; 2 Pet. i. 12. In the mean time the doctrine is not diffi cult and forced, because grace renders all very teachable ; for it is no longer the ministry of the letter, but of the spirit ; 2 Cor. iii. 6, note. Nor does the firmness of believers depend on the authority of human teachers. This is also the reason why the scripture of the New Testament is shorter, and why some things are not so clearly decided. GOD Himself teaches His people. — rbv ads\<pbv, his brother) This implies a closer relation than a