Ver.6. ταπεινώθητε οὖν echoes the exhortation and its accompanied
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οὖν ὑπὸ TH 7 καιρῷ: πᾶσαν τὴν µέ ὃ ὅτι δικος bua ϱ ζητῶν καταπιεῖν ᾧ αὐτὰ τῶν παθηµατω:
1Ο ἐπιτε λεῖσθε - scripture in νετ. 5—obey in order that the promise (Luke xiv. 11) may be fulfilled for you, he that humbleth himself shall be exalted (sc. by God). Sotoo St. James,
subject yourselves therefore to God (iv. 7).
--τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα. God's
mighty hand is a common Ο.Τ. expres- sion; see Exod, iii. 19, etc. for con- nexion with deliverance and especially Ez. xx. 33 f., ἐν χειρὶ κραταιᾷ kat... ἐν θυμῷ κεχυµένῳφ βασιλεύσω ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς.
Ver. 7. τὴν µέριμναν... a v- τόν comes from Ps. lv. 12, ἐπίριψον ἐπὶ Κύριον τὴν µέριμνάν σου, which is the source of part of the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. vi. 25 Π..-- ὅτι... ὑμῶν substituted for καὶ αὐτός σε δια- θρέψει of Ps. 1... in accordance with Jesus’ amplification and application of the metaphor. God cares for His flock as the hireling shepherd does not (οὐ µέλει αὐτῷ περὶ τῶν προβάτων, John 4515)
Ver. δ. νήψατε γρηγορήσατε, of. ο το αν. Ze Ol Ste Paul, γρηγορῶμεν καὶ νήφωμεν . . . ἡμέρας ὄντες νήφωμεν (1 Thess. v. 6, 8) drawing upon the com- mon source in the Parables of the House- holder and Burglar, etc. (Matt. xxiv. 42 ff.) which set forth the sudden com- ing of the Kingdom.—6 ἀντίδικος ὑμῶν διάβολος, your adversary, Satan—4. (properly adversary in law suit) is used in the general sense of enemy in LXX. Of the description of Satan, as a roaring lion comes from Ps. xxii. 14, ὡς λέων 6 ἁρπάζων καὶ ὠρυόμενος: walketh from ]οῦ 1. 7, where Satan (6 διάβολος LXX, Lardy, Aq.) περιελθὼν τὴν. γῆν καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσας τὴν ὑπ οὐρανὸν πάρ- ειµι; Seeking to devour identifies him with Hades the lord of death; cf. Prov. i. 12, where the wicked say of the righteous man, καταπίωµεν αὐτὸν ὥσπερ ἅδης ζῶντα. The present sufferings of the Christians are his handiwork as much as the sufferings of Jesus (1 Cor. ii. 6, 8) and of Job.
Ver.9. ᾧ ἀντίστητε. St. James adds the same exhortation to his quota- tion of Prov. The connexion is not