Bible Commentaries

Acts 19:24 — Acts 19:24 . The silver-beater ( ἀργυροκόπος ) Demetrius had a manufactory, in which little silver temples ( ἀφιδρύματα ) representing the splendid (Callimach. Hymn. in Dian. 249) temple of Diana [98] with the statue of the goddess, ὡς κιβώρια μικρά

Acts 26:16-18 — Acts 26:16-18 . Ἀλλά ] “Prostravit Christus Paulum, ut eum humiliaret; nunc eum erigit ac jubet bono esse animo,” Calvin. εἰς τοῦτο γάρ ] εἰς τοῦτο points emphatically to what follows ( προχειρίσασθαι κ . τ . λ .), and γάρ assigns the reason

Romans 13:9 — Romans 13:9 . Ἀνακεφαλαιοῦται ] συντόμως καὶ ἐν βραχεῖ τὸ πᾶν ἀπαρτίζεται τῶν ἐντολῶν τὸ ἔργον , Chrysostom. But ἀνα is not to be neglected (is again comprised; see on Ephesians 1:10 ), and is to be referred to the fact that Leviticus 19:18 recapitulates

Romans 15 overview — CHAPTER 15 [1] [1] Comp. Lucht, üb. d. beiden letzt. Kap. d. Römerbriefs, eine krit. Unters. , Berlin 1871. Various writers formerly, from the days of Semler, [2] disputed, not that Paul was the author of chap. 15 and 16 (as to the doxology, Romans

Romans 15:7 — Romans 15:7 . Διό ] in order, namely, that this object, Romans 15:6 , may be attained, that its attainment may not be hindered on your part. [14] προσλαμβ .] See on Romans 14:1 . That not the strong alone (Hofmann), but both parties, and thus the

2 Corinthians 1:4 — 2 Corinthians 1:4 . Ἡμᾶς ] Where Paul in this Epistle does not mean himself exclusively, but wishes to include Timothy also (or others, according to the context), although often only as quite subordinate, he speaks in the plural . He does not express

2 Corinthians 1:5 — 2 Corinthians 1:5 . Ground assigned for the ἧς παρακαλούμεθα αὐτοὶ ὑπὸ τ . Θεοῦ . περισσεύει εἰς ἡμᾶς ] is abundant in relation to us , i.e. it is imparted to us above measure , in a very high degree. Comp. Romans 5:15 . τὰ παθήματα τοῦ Χριστοῦ

Galatians 5:5 — Galatians 5:5 . Ground e contrario for the judgment passed in Galatians 5:4 on those becoming righteous by the law; derived, not generally from what makes up the essence of the Christian state (Hofmann), but specially from the specific way in which

Ephesians 1:10 — Ephesians 1:10 . Εἰς οἰκονομίαν τοῦ πληρώμ . τῶν καιρ .] Unto the dispensation of the fulfilling of the times , belongs not to γνωρίσας (Bengel), but to the immediately preceding ἣν προέθετο ἐν αὑτῷ , which is inserted solely with a view to attach

Ephesians 4:24 — Ephesians 4:24 . Observe the change of tenses . The laying aside of the old man is the negative commencement of the change, and hence is represented as a momentary act; the becoming renewed is an enduring process, the finishing act of which is

Ephesians 4:28 — Ephesians 4:28 . The stealer is no more to steal . The present participle does not stand pro praeterito (Luther, Erasmus, Grotius, and most of the older expositors, following the Vulgate), but: he who occupies himself with stealing . The right view

Ephesians 6:14 — Ephesians 6:14 . In what manner they accordingly , clad conformably to the preceding requirement in the πανοπλία τοῦ Θεοῦ , are to stand forth . στῆτε ] is not again, like the preceding στῆναι , the standing of the victor, but the standing forth

Philippians 1:7 — Philippians 1:7 . Subjective justification of the confidence expressed in Philippians 1:6 . How should he otherwise than cherish it, and that on the ground of his objective experience ( αὐτὸ τοῦτο ), since it was to him, through his love to his readers,

Colossians 1:16 — Colossians 1:16 . For in Him were all things created , the logically correct confirmation of πρωτότοκος πάσ . κτίσεως . For if the creation of all things took place in Christ, it is evident that He must stand before the series of created things,

Colossians 1:25 — Colossians 1:25 . That He suffers thus, as is stated in Colossians 1:24 , for the good of the church , is implied in his special relation of service to the latter; hence the epexegetical relative clause ἧς ἐγενόμην κ . τ . λ . (comp. on Colossians

Colossians 3:25 — Colossians 3:25 . Ground of encouragement ( γάρ , see the critical remarks) to fulfil the precept τῷ κυρ . Χ . δουλεύετε : for he who does wrong shall carry off (the penal recompense of) what wrong he has done , a locus communis , of which the slaves

Colossians 4:5 — Colossians 4:5 f. Another exhortation, for which Paul must still have had occasion, although we need not seek its link of connection with the preceding one. Comp. Ephesians 5:15 f., where the injunction here given in reference to the non-Christians

2 Timothy 1:8 — 2 Timothy 1:8 . Μὴ οὖν (deduction from what has preceded: since God has given us the spirit of δύναμις κ . τ . λ ., then, etc.) ἐπαισχυνθῆς τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ] On the construction, comp. Romans 1:16 : οὐ ἐπαισχύνομαι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον . μαρτύριον

Philemon 1:1 — Philemon 1:1 . Δέσμιος Χρ . Ἰ .] i.e. whom Christ has placed in bonds . See on Ephesians 3:1 . This self-designation (not ἀπόστολος , or the like) at the head of the letter is in keeping with its confidential tone and its purpose of moving and winning

James 1:21 — James 1:21 . James infers ( διό ) from the thought in James 1:20 the exhortation ἐν πραΰτητι δέξασθε τὸν ἔμφυτον λόγον , with evident reference to ἀπεκύησεν ἡμᾶς λόγῳ ἀληθείας (James 1:18 ). He places before this exhortation the participial clause: