to God, not (in the first instance) to
Christ; the Peshitta reads: ‘‘ the law of ἀοά”.- τελεῖτε: in Rom. ii. 27 we have the phrase νόμον τελεῖτε.--τὴν γραφήν: cf. τ Cor xv. 3 κατὰ τὰς γραφάς. On a papyrus belonging to the beginning of the Christian era, the phrase κατὰ THY γραφήν is used in a legal sense in reference to a contract, 2.6., something thatis binding (Deissmann, Neue Bibelst., p. 78). When used in reference to the Torah, as here, it was of particular signi- ficance to Jews who, as the ‘people of God” were bound by the Covenant.— καλῶς ποιεῖτε: Cf. Acts xv. 29; 2 Pet. 1. το.
Ver. 9. προσωπολημπτεῖτε: see note onii. 1; the word does not occur elsewhere in the N.T. nor in the Septu- agint; cf. Lev. xix. 15; Deut. xvi.-19.— ἁμαρτίαν ἐργάζεσθε: thestrength οἱ the expression is intended to remind his hearers that it is wilful, conscious sin of which they will be guilty, if they have this respect for persons on account of their wealth. It is well to bear in mind that the conception of sin among the Jews was not so deep as it became in the light of Christian teaching.—é Ae y x 6 p- evot: 2.6., by the words in Lev. xix. 15., μὴ θαυμάσῃς πρόσωπον δυνάστου .--- παραβάται: the verb παραβαίνω
8—r12.
τοῦ νόμου ὡς παραβάται.
“raion * δὲ ἐν Ὁ ἑνί, γέγονεν πάντων ° ἔνοχος. “Suh μοιχεύσῃς, εἶπεν καὶ: μὴ φονεύσῃ ς᾽ ὃ" χεύεις, φονεύεις 8 δέ, γέγονας 5 παραβάτης 19 νόμου.