του Θεου: ΚΕΝ. mg. with AC* 17.
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k Only here and Eph. ἢ aA A > a οὗν 19 (par.)
ὠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς, ἐν τῇ” in NT.
του Κυριου:
with ScBD*E*FG 67**. τη: omitted by
Vv. 16,17. Partially parallel to Eph. v. 10, 20.—Ver, 16. ὁ λόγος τοῦ Χρισ- τοῦ: probably, as usually explained, “ the Gospel,” so called because He proclaimed it and speaks it through His messengers. Lightfoot interprets it as “the presence of Christ in the heart as an inward moni- tor”. The phrase occurs only here, but cf. τ Thess, 1, 8, 2 Thess. iii. 1.—év ὑμῖν: according to Pauline usage must mean within you, and probably not collectively (Mey., Alf., Abb.) “in you as a Church,’’ but individually.—év πάσῃ σοφίᾳ: to be taken with the following words (Beng., Μεγ., Alf., Ell., Ol., Haupt, Abb.), since ἐνοικ. is sufficiently qualified by πλου- σίως, and god. suits διδάσκ. much better than ἐνοικ. The balance is better pre- served, as ἐν π. σ. is then parallel to ἐν χάρ. Lightfoot meets the last point by taking ἐν χάρ. with διδάσκ., but even if this were probable the other arguments are decisive for the connexion with the following ννοτάς.-- διδάσκοντες καὶ νου- θετοῦντες: cf. i. 28. Lightfoot regards the participles as used for imperatives, which Ellicott thinks impossible. There is a slight, but quite intelligible, anacolu- thon here.—éavrots, as in νετ. 13.— ψαλμοῖς, ὕμνοις, ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς: to be connected with 818. κ. νουθ., not with ἄδοντες (Hofm., ΚΙ., Weiss), with which the accusative should have been used. The precise distinctions intended are not certain, and perhaps they should not be sharply drawn. The meaning is, what- ever kind of song it may be, let it be made the vehicle of religious instruction and admonition. wad. may be restricted to the Old Testament Psalms, but this is improbable. ὕμν. are songs of praise to God. 8. has a wider sense, and was used of any class of song. Hence mv. is added to it, and not to the others, for ak. is used exclusively and ὕμν. usually in a religious sense. ‘The word of Christ is to dwell in them so richly that it finds spontaneous expression in religious song
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