A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

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B. Weiss) καὶ οὓς μὲν ἐλεᾶτε διακρινοµένους σώζετε ἐκ πυρὸς ἁρπάζοντες, οὓς δὲ ἐλεᾶτε ἐν Φόβω μισοῦντες καὶ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς σαρκὸς ἐσπιλωμένον χιτῶνα. In App. to WH. it is added, “Some primitive error probable: perhaps the first ἐλεᾶτε an interpolation” (Sel. Readings, p. 107).

22 ἐλέγχετε AC 13. Vulg. Boh. Arm. Aeth. (Eph. Theophyl. Oec. Comm. Cassiod.). ἐλεᾶτε SBC? Syrh. ἐλεεῖτε KLP (Theophyl. Όεο. ἐλίέ.), ἐκ πυρὸς ἁρπάζετε (hic) Syrp. Clem. 773.

διακρινοµένους ABCN. 13. Vulg. Syrr. Boh. Arm. Clem. 773, διακρινόµενοι KLP +.

23. οὓς δὲ (1st) NACKLP 13 Vulg. Syrh, Boh. Arm. Om. B., δὲ Syrp. Clem

σώζετε SABC 13 Vulg. Boh. Arm. Aeth., ἐν 6Bw σώζετε KLP +, ἐλεεῖτε

Clem. 773 (quoted below), ἐλεᾶτε ἐν φόβῳ Syrp. ἐκ πυρὸς NABCKLP 13 Arm., ἐκ τοῦ π. Boh. Om. σώζετε ἐκ πυρὸς ἁρπάζοντες SyrpP.

ἁρπάζοντες οὓς δὲ ἐλεᾶτε ἐν φόβῳ ABN 13. Vulg., Arm., om. ἁρπάζοντες Boh., ἁρπάζοντες ἐν φόβῳ C. Syrh, ἁρπάζοντες KLP +.

Tischendorf makes the matter clearer by giving the consecutive text of versions and quotations as follows: Vulg. Et hos quidem arguite judicatos, illos vero salvate de igne rapientes, aliis autem miseremini in tumore, Ar®. Et quosdam corripite super peccatis eorum, et quor- undam miseremini cum fuerint victi, et quosdam salvate ex igne et liberate eos. Ar?. Et signate quosdam cum dubitaverint orbos (?) et salvate quosdam territione, abripite eos ex ἰσπε. Aeth. quoniam est quem redarguent per verbum quod dictum est (Aeth??. propter pecca- tum eorum), et est qui et servabitur ex igne et rapient eum, et est qui servabitur timore et poenitentia. Arm. Et quosdam damnantes sitis reprehensione, et quosdam salvate rapiendo ex igne, et quorundam miseremint timore judicando (? indicando). Cassiodor. 142 Ita ut quosdam dijudicatos arguant, quosdam de adustione aeterni ignis eripiant, nonnullis misereantur errantibus et conscientias maculatas emundent, sic tamen ut peccata eorum digna execratione refugiant. Mr. Horner states that vv. 22, 23 are omitted in Sah. He translates Boh. as follows: καὶ οὓς μὲν ἐλέγχετε διακρινοµένους, οὓς δὲ σώζετε ἐκ τοῦ πυρός (al. om. τοῦ), οὓς δὲ ἐλεᾶτε (al. φέρετε) ἐν φόβω. Commentaries of Theophylact and Oecumenius, κἀκείνους δέ, εἰ μὲν ἀποδιΐστανται ὑμῶν--- τοῦτο γὰρ σηµαίνει τὸ διακρίνεσθαι---ἐλέγχετε, τουτέστι Φανεροῦτε τοῖς Tact τὴν ἀσέβειαν αὐτῶν: εἴτε δὲ πρὸς ἴασιν ἀφορῶσι, μὴ ἀπωθεῖσθε, ἀλλὰ τῷ τῆς ἀγάπης ὑμῶν ἐλέῳ προσλαμβάνεσθε, σώζοντες ἐκ τοῦ ἠπειλημένου αὐτοῖς πυρός’ προσλαμβάνεσθε δὲ μετὰ τοῦ ἐλεεῖν αὐτοὺς καὶ μετὰ φόβου.

In all these it will be observed that three classes are distinguished as in the text of Tregelles and Tischendorf, and in A, οὓς μὲν ἐλέγχετε διακρινοµένους, οὓς δὲ σώζετε ἐκ πυρὸς ἁρπάζοντες, οὓς δὲ ἐλεᾶτε ἐν φόβω,

and ἐν, οὓς μὲν ἐλεᾶτε διακρινοµένους, οὓς δὲ σώζετε ἐκ πυρὸς ἁρπάζοντες, οὓς

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