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which is greater: 1 Tim. iii. 16. And yet it affects us more inti- mately : it is for angels Kcipuzvnruvy to take a side-glance at ; the force of nupa is to be noticed.
13. Ail, wherefore) An exhortation is now derived from those things which have been said. — um^ojffdpsvoiy girding up) to collect the strength. Comp, the expression, to stir up , 2 Pet. i. 13. — rag Upvag, the loins) A similar phrase occurs, Job xxxviii. 3. — vypovrsg) sober : ch. v. 8. — nXsiug eWtfarg, hope [Engl. Vers. u to the end”~\ , hope perfectly) have that hope which may grasp the end ( rsXog ) placed before it, ver. 9. Hope is repeated from ver. 3. — ptpeptv) jv) which is afforded and held forth. The same word is used, Heb. ix. 16. Grace is given to us in perfect measure , and with that our hope ought per- fectly to correspond. They are correlatives. — £v d^ozaXu^ s/, at the revelation) There is but one revelation, which takes place through the whole time of the New Testament, by the two appearances of Christ: Tit. ii. 11, 13.
14. T&zm, children) See ver. 17, at the beginning. — otrazoyg, of
obedience) Obedience is paid either to the Divine truth , ver. 22, or to the Divine command. The latter is the fruit of faith ; the former is faith itself. Therefore Peter expressly stirs them up to hope in 3d and following verses (making mention of hope itself, ver. 3, 13) ; to faith in the 14th and following verses (using the word faith twice in ver. 21) ; to love , ver. 22, but in such a manner that he attem- pers faith with hope, in 7th and following verses ; and again hope with faith, ver. 21, and faith with love, ver. 22, and ch. ii. 6 and following verse. — pr\ GvcyYipaTtZppwoi1) Supply ver. 15, be ye
not conformed. — dyvoicc, in your ignorance) Their former state, even as Jews, before their calling .
15. Kara, according to) The highest example. — xa?J<rat/ra, who hath called you) Peter often brings forward this calling , ch. ii. 9, 21, iii. 9, v. 10 ; 2 Pet. i. 3, 10. — dmerpopji, in conversation) ver. 17, 18.
17. ’Ecr/xaXs/irt)?, ye call upon) and are called by His name. —
1 oxfipiix. and its compounds are used to denote that which is fleeting and changeable, as 1 Cor. vii. 13, to axypex. rov x.capov rovrov , “the fashion of this world;” Rom. xii. 2, py ovoxrtpu-ri&ak to) xiuvt tovtu, “be not conformed to this world.” The word poppy appears to be contrasted with oyfy pa, as that which is essential, as opposed to that which is outwrard and accidental.
See an excellent article by Mr Lightfoot in the “Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology,” vol. 3, p. 114. — T.
See note on Rom. xii. 2. M oppy, the fomn, denotes something deeper and more perfect than axypct, the outward fashion. — E.