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14. και Αδὰμ, οὐκ ἃ Gen. ii. 7,
ae ; ᾿ Rom. ix. ἐν " παραβάσει γέγονεν. 15. 20.
e Eph. v. 6,
Jas. i. 26.
g Rom. ii. 23, iv. 15, v. 14, Gal
1 ἀπατηθεῖσα NcDb? cKL.
. .. the Atticist warns his pupil to use αὐτοδικεῖν because αὐθεντεῖν was vulgar (κοινότερον) . . . αὐθέντης is properly one, who acts on his own authority, hence in this context an autocrat” (Moulton and Milligan, Expositor, vii., vi. 374).
ἀλλ᾽ εἶναι: dependent on some such verb as βούλομαι implied, as opposed to οὐκ ἐπιτρέπω.
Ver. 13. It would not be fair to say that St. Paul’s judgment about the rela- tive functions of men and women in the church depended on his belief as to the historicity of the Biblical story of the Creation. He certainly uses this account in support of his conclusions; yet suppos- ing the literal truth of the early chapters of Genesis, it would be possible to draw quite other inferences from it. The first specimen produced of a series is not al- ways the most perfect. The point in which Adam’s superiority over Eve comes out in the narrative of the Fall is his greater strength of intellect; there- fore men are better fitted for the work of public instruction. ‘‘ The woman taught once, and ruined all”’ (Chrys.). Eve’s reasoning faculty was at once overcome by the allegation of jealousy felt by God, an allegation plausible to a nature swayed by emotion rather than by reflection. The Tempter’s statement seemed to be supported by the appearance of the fruit, as it was rendered attractive by hopes of vanity to be gratified. Adam’s better judgment was overcome by personal Ἱπμπεπρε (Gens πῃ. 17; ‘© Thou, ‘hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife’’) ; he was not deceived. But the intel- lectual superior who sins against light may be morally inferior to him who stumbles in the dusk.
᾿Αδὰμ πρῶτος ἐπλάσθη: The elder should rule. A more profound statement of this fact is found in 1 Cor. xi. 9, οὐκ ἐκτίσθη ἀνὴρ διὰ τὴν γυναῖκα, ἀλλὰ γυνὴ διὰ τὸν ἄνδρα.
πλάσσειν is the term used in Gen. ii. 7 and expresses the notion of God as a potter, Rom. ix. 20. (am here has
figuratus.)
Ver. 14. ἡ δὲ γυνή: St. Paul says ἡ γυνή rather than Eva, emphasing the sex rather than the individual, because he desires to gives the incident its general application, especially in view of what follows. So Chrys.
ἐξαπατηθεῖσα : It is doubtful if we are entitled to render this, as Ell. does, being completely deceived. In 2 Cor. xi. 3 St. Paul says 6 ὄφις ἐξηπάτησεν Εὔαν, where there is no reason why he should not have used the simple verb. St. Paul uses the compound verb in five other places, the simple verb only once (see reff.). So that the simplest account that we can give of his variation here, and in 2 Cor. xi. 3, from the 6 ὄφις ἠπάτησέν pe of Gen. ili. 13, is that the compound verb came naturally to his mind.
ἐν παραβάσει γέγονεν: Inasmuch as παράβασις is used of Adam’s transgres- sion in Rom. v. 14, it may be asked, What is the force of St. Paul’s apparent restriction here of the phrase to Eve? Might it not be said of Adam as well, that he ἐν παραβ. γέγονεν: To which St. Paul would perhaps have replied that he meant that it was woman who first transgressed, in consequence of having been deceived. ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ἀρχὴ ἁμαρτίας, καὶ δι αὐτὴν ἀποθνήσκομεν πάντες. LEcclus. xxv. 24. This notion of coming into a state of sin at a definite point of time is well expressed by γέγονεν. For γίνεσθαι ἐν cf. Ἡ διακονία . . . ἐγενήθη ἐν δόξῃ (2 Cor. iii. 7); ἐν λόγῳ κολακίας ἐγενήθημεν (x Thess. 11. 5).
Ver. 15. σωθήσεται δὲ διὰ τῆς τεκνο- yovias: The penalty for transgression, ἐ0 far aS woman is concerned, was ex- pressed in the words, “I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception ; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children”’ (Gen. iii. 16), But just as in the case of man, the world being as it is, the sen- tence has proved a blessing, so it is in the case of woman. ‘‘In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread”’ expresses man’s necessity, duty, privilege, dignity. If the necessity of work be ‘‘ a stumbling- block,’”? man can “make it a stepping- stone” (Browning, The Ring and the: