iRom. til ὑπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ. 13. ἀδελφοί, ἐγὼ ἐμαυτὸν οὐ" ' λογίζομαι : οσο κατειληφέναι - "ἕν δέ, τὰ μὲν ᾿ ὀπίσω " ἐπιλανθανόμενος, τοῖς ὃ δὲ
εἶηρας,ο. ἔμπροσθεν 5 ἐπεκτεινόμενος, 14. κατὰ " σκοπὸν “ διώκω ἐπὶ" τὸ 2 Cor. 1x.
6; Gal. ii. 9, v. 13 (see Blass, Gr., 287-288). 1 See note in/r. m Heb. vi. 10, xiii. 2 (with t.). Here whet y tin Μη dt eee hen with this constrn. in LXX. n This phrase οἱ here in N.T. See note infr. oOnlyhereinN.T. p Only herein N.T. Job xvi. 13; Lam. iii. 12;
Wisd. v.12. ϱ See on ver. 12 supr.
1So KL, Thdrt. Ti., Ws. X. 1. with ΝΑΡ, 47, 73, 80, 1ο, c8cr., fier. syrp- mg. cop. arm., Chr., Aug., Ambrst. Trg., Alf, Myr. X. with BD*E*FG, 17, 179, d, e, g, go. eth., Clem., Marc., Hil., Victorin.
2So Lach., Trg., Alf, Ws. (W.H. mg.) with BDcEFGEL, d, e, f, g, vg. go. syr.sch. et p. arm., Tert., Chr., Victorin. Ti., W.H. (Γ ονπω with ΝΑ ΡΕΤ."Β, 17,
23°, 31 εἰ al., cop. eth., Clem., Bas., Euth,cod., Thdrt,
2 D*FG, d, ε, f, g, vg. εἰς δε Ta.
4So DEFGKLP, Bas., Chr., Thdrt. Edd. εἰς with AB, 17, 73, 80, Clem., Euth.cod., Cyr. Myr. thinks that επι is explanatory.
Ver. 13. ἀδελφοί. This direct appeal to them shows that he is approaching a matter which is of serious concern both to him and them.—ty® ἐμαντόν. Why such strong personal emphasis? Is it not a clear hint that there were people at Philippi who prided themselves on having grasped the prize of the Christian calling already? Paul has been tacitly leading up to this. He will yield to none im clear knowledge of the difference between the old and the new life. He knows more surely than any how completely he has broken with the past. Yet, whatever others may say, he must assume the lowly position of one who is still a learner. It makes little difference whether οὐ or οὕπω be read. The authorities are pretty evenly balanced.—Aoyifopar. The word (often used by Paul) has the force of looking back on the process of a discus- sion and calmly drawing a conclusion. Cf. Rom. viii. 18 (with note of SH.). The Apostle expresses his deliberately formed opinion.—éy δέ. There is no need to supply a verb. His Christian conduct is summed up in what follows. Never has there been a more unified life than that of Paul as Apostle and Christian. “ When all is said, the greatest art is to limit and isolate oneself" (Goethe).— τὰ μὲν ὁπ. ἐπιλανθ. There are a few exx. in classical Greek of ἐπιλανθ. with the accusative, ¢.g., Aristoph., Nub., 631. But in the later language there was an extraordinary extension of the use of the accusative. (See Hatz., Einl., p. 220 ff.) Does τὰ ὁπ. mean the old life, or the past stages of Christian experience? If the metaphor were strictly pressed, no doubt the latter alternative would claim atten-
tion. But pressing metaphors is always hazardous. And parallel passages seem rather to justify the first meaning, ¢.g., Jer. vii. 24, ἐγενήθησαν εἰς τὰ ὄπισθεν καὶ οὐκ εἰς τὰ ἔμπροσθεν (of disobeying God's commands); Luke ix. 62, βλέπων εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω; John vi. 66, πολλοὶ τῶν μαθητῶν . . . ἀπῆλθον εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω.--- τοῖς ἔμπρ. ἐπεκτ. τὸ and τὰ ἔμπρ. are found in Herodot. and Xenoph. Wet- stein quotes most aptly from Luc., de Cal., 12, οἷόν τι καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς γυμνικοῖς ἀγῶσιν ὑπὸ τῶν δρομέων γίγνεται" κἀκεῖ γὰρ ὁ μὲν ἀγαθὸς δρομεὺς τῆς ὕσπληγος εὐθὺς καταπεσούσης, μόνον τοῦ πρόσω ἐφιέμενος καὶ τὴν διάνοιαν ἀποτείνας πρὸς τὸ τέρμα κἀν τοῖς ποσὶ τὴν ἐλπίδα τῆς νίκης ἔχων, τὸν πλησίον οὐδὲν κα- κονργεῖ. In using this comparison, Paul, of course, adapts himself, as among Greeks and Romans, to a custom of their national life. On this kind of adaptation see an excellent discussion in Weizsacker, Afpost. Zeitalter, pp. 100-104.