Bible Commentaries

Matthew 6:22-23 — Matthew 6:22-23 . Connection: In order to fulfil the duty mentioned in Matthew 6:19-20 , and warranted by what is said in Matthew 6:21 , you must not allow the light within you, i.e. the reason ( ὁ νοῦς , Chrysostom), which apprehends divine truth,

Luke 10:17-20 — Luke 10:17-20 . The fact that the account of the return of the Seventy follows immediately cannot prove that in the history of this journey (from Luke 9:51 onward) Luke is not holding the chronological thread (Olshausen). In accordance with the purpose

Luke 11:49-51 — Luke 11:49-51 . See on Matthew 23:34-39 . διὰ τοῦτο ] on account of this your agreement with your fathers as murderers of the prophets, which affinity the wisdom of God had in view when it gave its judgment. Under the guidance of the doctors of the

Romans 12:8 — Romans 12:8 . Ὁ μεταδιδοὺς κ . τ . λ .] The detailed exposition with εἴτε ceases as the discourse flows onward more vehemently, but the series of those charismatically endowed is continued , yet in such a way that now there are no longer mentioned

Romans 13:14 — Romans 13:14 . Ἐνδύσασθε τ . κύρ . Ἰ . Χρ .] This is the specifically Christian nature of the εὐσχημόνως περιπ . But the expression is figurative, signifying the idea: Unite yourselves in the closest fellowship of life with Christ, so that you may

1 Corinthians 3:10 — 1 Corinthians 3:10 . The former of these images ( γεώργ .) has been the underlying thought in what has hitherto been said (1 Corinthians 3:6-8 ); the second and new figure ( οἰκοδ .) is now retained in what follows up to 1 Corinthians 3:15 , the course

1 Corinthians 4:17 — 1 Corinthians 4:17 . Διὰ τοῦτο ] namely, in order to further among you this state of things meant by μιμ . μ . γίν . Chrysostom, Theophylact, Piscator, Rückert, Maier, make it refer to 1 Corinthians 4:15 : “on this ground, because I am your father.”

1 Corinthians 5:8 — 1 Corinthians 5:8 . The paschal lamb having been slain, there follows the keeping of the feast , and that not with leaven, but with what is unleavened. Since, then, Christ has been slain as the Christian’s paschal lamb, they too must keep their

1 Corinthians 6:3-4 — 1 Corinthians 6:3-4 . Climactic parallels to 1 Corinthians 6:2 , 1 Corinthians 6:3 corresponding to the first half of the preceding verse, and 1 Corinthians 6:4 to the second; hence 1 Corinthians 6:4 also should be taken as a question . ἀγγέλους ]

2 Corinthians 1:12 — 2 Corinthians 1:12 . The apostle now begins the vindication of himself, at first in reference to the purity of his walk in general (2 Corinthians 1:12 ), then in reference to his honesty in writing (2 Corinthians 1:13-14 ), and afterwards specially

2 Corinthians 5:3 — 2 Corinthians 5:3 . After 2 Corinthians 5:2 a comma only is to be placed, for 2 Corinthians 5:3 contains a supplementary definition to what precedes (comp. Hartung, Partikell. I. pp. 391, 395 f.), inasmuch as the presupposition is stated under which

Galatians 4:16 — Galatians 4:16 . Ὥστε ] Accordingly; the actual state of things which, to judge from the cooling down which that painful question ( τίς οὖν ὁ μακαρισμὸς ὑμῶν ;) bewails in the self-sacrificing love depicted in Galatians 4:14-15 , must have superseded

Galatians 6:8 — Galatians 6:8 . Ground assigned for the foregoing proposition. “So it is, since in fact the two opposite sorts of ground which receive the seed will also yield two opposite kinds of harvest .” In the words ὃ ἐὰν σπείρῃ ἄνθρ . τοῦτο κ

Colossians 1:28 — Colossians 1:28 . Christ was not proclaimed by all in the definite character just expressed, namely, as “ Christ among the Gentiles, the hope of glory;” other teachers preached Him in a Judaistic form, as Saviour of the Jews, amidst legal

1 Timothy 2:6 — 1 Timothy 2:6 . Ὁ δοὺς ἑαυτὸν ἀντίλυτρον ὑπὲρ πάντων ] The word ἀντίλυτρον , which occurs only here, is synonymous with ἀντάλλαγμα in Matthew 16:26 ; it is distinguished from the simple λύτρον , as Matthies rightly remarks, only in this, that the preposition

1 Timothy 2:8 — 1 Timothy 2:8 . After giving, in the digression of 1 Timothy 2:3-7 , the grounds of his exhortation to prayer for all, Paul returns to the exhortation itself in such a way as to define it more precisely in regard to those who are to offer the prayer. βούλομαι

1 Timothy 4:10 — 1 Timothy 4:10 . Εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ κοπιῶμεν καὶ ὀνειδιζόμεθα κ . τ . λ .] The particle γάρ shows that this verse is to serve as a reason or confirmation of the preceding thought that godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of this and the

Hebrews 2:14-15 — Hebrews 2:14-15 . The author, after the subsidiary remarks, Hebrews 2:11-13 , returns to the main thought of Hebrews 2:10 , now further to develop the same. To lead Christ through sufferings to perfection, was a provision worthy of God. For it was necessary,

1 Peter 3:1 — 1 Peter 3:1 . From here to 1 Peter 3:6 an exhortation to wives. ὁμοίως ] not simply particula transeundi (Pott); on account of the subsequent ὑποτασσόμεναι it stands related rather to the exhortation contained in what precedes; the participle here

Jude 1:4 — Jude 1:4 . Compare 2 Peter 2:1-3 . παρεισέδυσαν γάρ ] the reason of ἀνάγκην ἔσχον . παρεισέδυσαν marks the entrance of false teachers into the church as a secret and unauthorized creeping in of such as do not properly belong to it, but are internally