ds^ojusvoi, waiting for) They, who build themselves up, are able to wait with confidence. — eXsos, mercy) Opposed to fire, ver. 23. — e/’g, unto) To be construed with waiting for.
22. K a!, and) He who has already taken measures to secure his own interests, may take measures for the interests of others.
22, 23. Ou£ (as v eXey^ere diaxpivo/Tevovg' ot)g d's augers ix grvp'og upnd- Zfivrts' oug hi sXseTrs h pofioj,1 Some indeed , who are hesitating , con- vince ; but save others , snatching them from the fire ; but on others have pity with fear) The apostle enumerates three descriptions of those, whose safety the righteous ought to consult : and the first class is deficient in understanding ; the second in disposition, and that vehemently ; the third in disposition, but in a less degree. Therefore, 1st, conviction , or a demonstration of good and evil, ought to be applied to those who are harassed with doubts, and hesitate in uncertainty and perplexity. 2d, Those whom the fire has already nearly seized upon, ought to be grasped by any part, with rapid effort, and thus preserved. 3d, They are to be treated with mercy and gentleness, who can be led back into the way by fear alone, and a kind pointing out of the danger. See App. Grit., Ed. ii., on this passage. — / /,/troDms , holding in hatred) This strictly coheres with eXesTre, pity. He says, Wretched men must be rescued in one way from the fire, and in another way from the mud. It is sufficient for these last to be treated with mildness, fear only being applied : these, being almost untouched by you, may perceive from this very circumstance your hatred and loathing even of the mere surface of impurity. — xa /, even) not only the flesh itself, which they pollute, ver. 8, but even the garment. — eggnXu^evov %iruva, the spotted tunic) The tunic is the whole outward habit of life, in which we are affected by others. The phrase resembles a proverbial one.
24. <E>uXaga/ avrovg anratffroug, to keep you 2 free from stumbling) in
1 ’EXey^ere is read by AB corrected, C (according to Lachm., but not so Tisch.), Vulg. Memph. B has eXeAre : Rec. Text, eXeelre, with inferior Uncial MSS. and later Syr.
Atotxptvopcevovg is read by ABC Vulg. Syr. later Syr. Memph : but Rec. Text, Iteoiptvopcei/oi, with inferior Uncial MSS.
Ovg Be eXeArs \v tpofiu is the reading of AB Vulg. But Rec. Text omits these words, except that it inserts ev (pofiu after ovg Be' and before ex >p6g, in opposi- tion to ABC Vulg., which omit these words in that place. C and both Syr. Versions, however, omit ovg Be eXeAre, and merely put ev Qofiu after upnct^o ureg. — E.
2 Why it is that both here and in the Germ. Vers, the pronoun uvrovg has been translated by you (“ euch ”), this very note of the Gnomon indicates : to