Ver. 4. καὶ αἰσχρότης: and filthiness. This is taken by many (Eth., Theophyl., Oec., Riick., Harl., etc.) to refer to in- decent talk, which, however, would be expressed by αἰσχρολογία (Col. iii. 8). The context shows it to refer to sins of the flesh, but there is nothing to limit it to sinful speech. It denotes shameless, immoral conduct in general.—xal λογία ἢ εὐτραπελία: and foolish talking or (and) jesting. The readings here are somewhat uncertain as regards the par- ticles. The TR has the support of such authorities as ΧΡ, Syr.-Harcl., Arm. for καί. .. 4; ΑΡ”, Vulg., Sah., etc., give ῆ iy as ἢ; ΒΝ ΘΚ, Boh., Eth,,
4---5.
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σκοντες, ὅτι πᾶς “πόρνος ἢ “ ἀκάθαρτος ἢ " πλεονέκτης, 8! ἐστιν νι Cor. ν.
> = re Qe ir al. Σεϊδωλολάτρης, οὐκ ἔχει "κληρονομίαν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ Ἀχριστοῦ Paulonly,
xxi. 8, xxii. 15. vii. 14; 2 Cor. vi. 17; = here only. το, 11, Vi. 9, X. 7; Rev. xxi. 8, xxii. 15.
exc. Rev.
w In Gospels and Rev. only with πνεῦμα ; legal, Acts x. 14, 28, xi. 8; 1 Cor. Cor. ν. το, 11, vi. 10 only; Sir. xiv. 9. z Ch. i. 14 reff.
Ἵ y1 Cor. ν. az Tim. v. 21; Rev. xx. 6.
1 For 6 ὅς ADEKL, most mss., Copt., Syr., Clem., Chr., Thdrt., all; ο ΜΒ 17, 67, lect. 40, al., Cyr., Jer.,, also with ιδωλολατρια FG, It., Vulg., Cyp., Jer., Ambrst.,
al.
For ο εστ., η Or καὶ Syr., Ar.-erp., Eth.
3 εις την Bas. τ. θ. κ. Xp. FG, Ambrst., al.
etc., have καί . . . καί. The first is accepted by TRV; the second by L; the third by WH. ‘The choice is between the first and third, and the balance of evidence is on the whole, although not very decidedly, on the side of kat... kai. The noun pwpodoyia is of very rare occurrence. In common Greek it is found only a very few times (Arist., Hist. An., i., 11; Plut., Mor., 504 A); in the NT only this once. Its sense, however, is sufficiently clear.—kat εὐτραπελία: and jesting. ‘This is the solitary occur- rence of the noun in the NT. It is found, however, in Aristotle (who de- fines it as πεπαιδευμένη ὕβρις, Eth. Nic., iv., 14), Pindar (Pyth., i., 178), etc. It appears to have meant originally versatility, facetiousness, and to have acquired the evil sense of frivolity or scurrility, Here it is taken by some (e.g., Trench, Ell.) to be distinguished from µωρολογία and to denote, therefore, not the sin of the tongue merely, but the “evil ‘urbanitas’ (in manners or words) of the witty, godless man of the world”’ (Ell.). This depends so far on the accept- ance of the disjunctive 4 as the proper reading, but may be essentially correct. AV and other old English Versions give jesting, except Wicl., who has harlotry, and the Rhem. which gives scurrility.— τὰ οὐκ ἀνήκοντα: things which are not scemly, The article has the pred. force = “as things which are not seemly” (Mey.; cf. Win.-Moult., p. 610). The reading, however, varies. The TR is supported by the great mass of MSS— DGKL, etc.; but ΒΑΕ, etc., give ἃ οὐκ ἀνῆκεν, which is to be preferred. The clause is in apposition to the preceding ; but probably only to the latter two nouns, μωρολογία and εὐτραπελία, as these form the direct contrast to the following εὖχαρ- ιστία, Cf. τὰ μὴ καθήκοντα of Rom.i. 28. --ὠΟὠΟλλὰ μᾶλλον εὐχαριστία: but rather giving of thanks. ‘The brachylogy (cf. Jelf, Greek Gram., ὃ 705, 3) requires ἔστω or rather γίνεσθω to be supplied. The εὐχαριστία is understood by some to