4-11.
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lol A a a Πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ τὸ "Άγιον 7 εἰς ὑμᾶς.
9. περὶ δὲ τῆς "φιλαδελφίας
a 7. οὐ γὰρ» Cf. Win.
§ 13, 13. 8. Στοι-ι =" Sol- emnly testified " (cf. τ Tim. ν. 21). “Witha
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“εἰς τὸ ἀγαπᾶν ἀλλήλους - το. Kai γὰρ ποιεῖτε αὐτὸ εἰς πάντας τοὺς παρακαλοῦμεν δὲ ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί,
ἀδελφοὺς 4 ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ.
(cf. Eph. ii. 10): object and
“περισσεύειν μᾶλλον 11. καὶ ᾿ φιλοτιμεῖσθαι “ἡσυχάζειν καὶ Ἀπράσ-,, i Sernal
Col. iii. 5, Eph. v. 3), Test. Jos. iv. 6.
x Heb. xii. 1. y 2 Cor. ix. 1; Heb. v. 12. 13; Ps. Sol. xvii. 35. Berea, etc. e Active side of iii. 12. guished for a quiet life,” “‘ strive to be quiet”. business,” cf. Dem. Olynth. ii. 16.
As in Ezek. xxxvii. 14 (LXX). b Elaborated in Rom. v. 5; 2 Cor. v. 14, cf. Barn. xxi. 6; Isa. liv. c Epexegetic infinitive, (Moult. 218-219) of object.
terms. ; au ὗ vice” (as = εἰς (1 Cor. vii. 15; Eph. iv. 4; Win. § 50, 5). z See on Rom. xii. 10. a Blass, ὃ 69, 5;
d Philippi, See on 2 Cor. v. 9 and Rom. xv. 20 = “ Le distin- g Cf. 11. iii) τα. h = “attend to your own
1 ov x. εχετε γραφειν υμιν (ἡ ΑΒ, etc., edd.), an irregular but not uncommon turn (“you have no need of anyone to write you”), corrected in \\cD*G, vg., Chrys.,
etc., to εχοµεν κ.τ.λ. (5ο Liinem., Lachm.,
Blass, cf. i. 8), and in B to ειχοµεν κ.τ.λ.
(Weiss, Bahnsen), as in H to γραφεσθαι κ.τ.λ. (from v. τ).
πλησίον παροργίζει τὸν Θεόν . . . τὸν ἐντολέα τοῦ νόμου Κύριον ἀθετεῖ. Only τὸν ἄνθ. here is not the wronged party but the apostles who convey God’s οτάετε.---διότι κ.τ.λ. = ‘since (cf. ii. 8) the Lord is the avenger (from Deut. xxxii. 35; cf. Sap. xii. 12; Sir. xxx. 6; 1 Macc. Xiii. 6, ἐκδικήσω περὶ ; 4 Macc. xv. 29) in all these matters” (of impurity). How, Paul does not explain (cf. Col. iii. 5, 6). By a premature death (1 Cor. xi. 30) ἢ Or, at the last judgment (i. 1ο) 2 not in the sense of Sap. iii. 16, iv. 6 (illegitimate children evidence at last day against their parents) at any rate.
Ver. 8, Elsewhere (i. 5, 6) ἅγιον simply denotes the divine quality of πνεῦμα as operating in the chosen ἅγιοι of God, but here the context lends it a specific value. Impurity is a violation of the relationship established by the holy God between Himself and Christians at bap- tism, when the holy Spirit is bestowed upon them for the purpose of consecrat- ing them to live His life (cf 1 Cor. iii. 16, vi. 19). The gift of the Spirit here is not regarded as the earnest of the future kingdom (for which immorality will disquality) so much as the motive and power of the new [1{6.---διδόντα = ““ the giver of,” not implying continuous or successive impartation ; present as in ch. v. 24; Gal. v. 8. He not only calls, but supplies the atmosphere and energy re- quisite for the task.—a@@et@v κ.τ.λ. (cf. il. 13) = contemns by ignoring such in- junctions (2-6) in practical life, deliber- ately sets aside their authority. Cf. Isa. xxiv. 16, 17 f., ovat τοῖς ἀθετοῦσιν' οἱ
ἀθετοῦντες τὸν νόμον, φόβος καὶ βόθυνος καὶ παγὶς ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς (nor shall any escape: cf. below onv. 3). In 2 Sam. xii. g f. Nathan fixes on the selfishness of David’s adultery and charges him especially with despising the commandment of the Lord.