u Acts xxi. 8, Eph. iv. 11 on‘y, not LXX. x Here only, not LXX.
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ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας ἐπιθυμίας | k Heb. xiii.
-- Ξ 22, etc. ἀκοην, 4.1 Here only, ; πώ ος τ not LXX. ° ἀποστρέψουσιν, ἐπὶ δὲ τοὺς m Here only, not LXX. n Matt. xiii. 14=Acts 9 XXviii. 26 “ A@isavieg); 1 Cor. xii. ag ἃ
o See 2 Tim. i. 15. p See 1 Tim. i. 4.
si Thess. v. 6, 8, 1 Pet. i. 13, iv. 7, v. 8, not LXX.
v Luke 1. 1, 2 Tim. iv. 17.
2ἐμῆς ἀναλύσεως DKL.
ance of what might seem to be subordi- nate duties lies the best preservative of the Church from error. Note, that the: office of an episcopus is also an ἔργον, i Tim. iii. 1, cf. 1 Cor. xvi. 10, Phil. ii. 30, Eph. iv. 12, 1 Thess. v. 13.
τὴν διακονίαν σου πληροφόρησον : fulfil. According to Chrys., this does: not differ from πλήρωσον. See Col. iv. 17, Acts xii. 25. For διακονία, ministry or service in general, see 1 Tim. 1. 12.
Ver. 6. The connexion from ver. 3 seems to be this: The dangers to the Church are pressing and instant; they can only be met by watchfulness, self- sacrifice, and devotion to duty on the part of the leaders of the Church, of whom thou art one. As for me, I have done my best. My King is calling me from the field of action to wait for my reward; thou canst no longer look to me to take initiative in action. This seems to be the force of the em- phatic ἐγώ and the connecting γάρ.
ἤδη σπένδοµαι: jam delibor (Vulg.). The analogy of Phil. ii. 17, σπένδ. ἐπὶ τῇ θυσίᾳ καὶ λειτουργίᾳ (where see Lightfoot’s note), is sufficient to prove that St. Paul did not regard his own death as a sacrifice. There the θυσία is the persons of the Philippian con- νετ" [ο]. ROM. κ, τ, «νι τθ). ren- dered acceptable by faith, and offered up by their faith. Here the nature of the θυσία is not determined, possibly not thought of, by the writer. The reason alleged by Chrys. for the absence here of the term θυσία is ingenious: ‘‘ For the whole of the sacrifice was not offered to God, but the whole of the drink-offer- ing was.” It is immaterial to decide whether the imagery is drawn from the Jewish drink-offerings, or heathen liba- tions. Lightfoot quotes interesting parallels from the dying words of Seneca: “stagnum calidae aquae introiit resper-
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y See ver. 2.7 ἐφέστηκεν. zSee1 Tim.