A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Nicoll, W. Robertson (editor), 1851-1923 • SECTION 72

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(i.) 1 and 2 Thessalonians.

(ii.) Rom., 1 Cor., 2 Cor., Gal.

(iii.) Eph., Col., Philem.

(iv.) Philippians, which though it is one of group iii., as being one of the epistles of the first Roman captivity, yet inasmuch as it was written somewhat later, may be considered apart.

ἄδικος, 3, ἀκαθαρσία, 9, ἀκροβυστία, 19, (ἀποκαλύπτειν, 13, ἀποκάλυψις, 13), ἀπολύτρωσις, 7, γνωρίζειν, 18, διαθήκη, 9 (δικαιοῦν, 27, δικαίωμα, 5), δικαιοσύνη Θεοῦ, 9, δοκεῖν, 18, ἕκαστος, 42, (ἐλευθερία, 7, ἐλεύθερος, 16, ἐλευθεροῦν, 5), (ἐνέργεια, 8, ἐνεργεῖν, 17, ἐνέργημα, 2, ἐνεργής, 2), ἔξεστιν, 5, ἔργα νόμου, 9, κἀγώ, 27, καταργεῖν, 25, κατεργάζεσθαι, 20, (καυχᾶσθαι, 35, καύχημα, 10, καύχησις, 10), κρείσσων, 4, μείζων, 4, μικρός, 4, μωρία, 5, (ὁμοιοῦν, 1, ὁμοίωμα, 5), ὁμοίως, 4, δρᾶν, 10, οὐρανός, 21, παράδοσις, 5, παραλαμβάνειν, 11, πατὴρ ἡ μῶν, 7, outside salutations, πείθειν, 2, (τερισσεία, ὃ, περισσεύειν, 26, περίσσευμα, 2, περισσός, 2, περισσότερος, 6), περι- πατεῖν, 52, (πεποιθέναι, 12, πεποίθησις, 6), πλεονάζειν, 8, (πλεονεκτεῖν, 5, πλεονέκτης, 4, πλεονεξία, 6), οἱ πολλοί, 8, (πρᾶγμα, 4, πρᾶξις, 3, πράσσειν, 18), σπλάγχνα, 8, (συνεργεῖν, 3, συνεργός, 12), σῶμα, 91, (ταπεινός, 3, ταπεινοῦν, 4), (τέλειος, 8, τελειότης, 1, τελειοῦν, 1), υἱοθεσία, 5, υἱὸς τ. Θεοῦ, 17, (ὑπακοή, 11, ὑπακούειν, 11), (φρονεῖν, 24, φρόνημα, 4, φρόνησις, 1, φρόνιμος, 5), φύσις, 11, χαρίζεσθαι, 16, χρηστός, 3.

Of the fifty characteristically Pauline words no less than eleven do not occur in groups i., ili., iv., v2z., ἄδικος, δικαιοῦν, δικαιοσύνη Θεοῦ, ἔξεστιν, ἔργα νόμου, μείζων, μικρός, μωρία, ὁμοίως, πείθειν, ot πολλοί. Of these, ἄδικος is not found in 2 Cor. or Gal.; δικαιοῦν not in 2 Cor. though twice in the Pastorals; while δικαίωµα only occurs in Rom. , δικαιοσύνη Θεοῦ not in 1 Cor. or Gal.; ἔξεστιν not in Rom. or Gal., ἔργα νόµου not in 1 Cor. or 2 Cor.; μείζων not in 2 Cor. or Gal.; μικρός not in Rom.; μωρία only in 1 Cor. (while μωρός, also in 1 Cor. (4), occurs in the Pastorals twice); ὁμοίως not in 2 Cor. or Gal.; πείθειν not in Rom. or 1 Cor.; ot πολλοί not in Gal., but five times in Rom. It is obvious, from these facts, that these eleven words are not characteristically Pauline.

Of the others, four do not occur in groups i. and iii., viz., δοκεῖν, κρείσσων, ὁμοιοῦν, ταπεινός. Of these, δοκεῖν not in Rom. ; κρείσσω; not in Rom., 2 Cor. or Gal. ; ὁμοιοῦν not in 1 Cor., 2 Cor. or Gal.; and ταπεινός not in 1 Cor. or Gal.

Seven do not occur in groups i. and iv., viz., ἀκροβυστία, ἀπολύτρω- σις, διαθήκη, ἐλευθερία, υἱοθεσία, φύσις, χρηστός. Of these, ἀκροβυστία not in 2 Cor.; ἀπολύτρωσις not in 2 Cor. or Gal. Of the ἐλευθερία

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