Section 113
111Gk. μηδείς ὑμᾶς ϰαταβϱαβευὲτω. The compound ϰαταβϱαβεύω is very rare (see Col. 3:15 for the simple βϱαβεύω) and literally means “give an unfavorable ruling” on a competitor in some athletic contest, the ruling being given by the umpire (βϱαβεύς). In all passages quoted for the use of the compound it conveys the idea of depriving someone of something which he or she would otherwise have possessed, such as an opportunity to compete (hence RSV “disqualify”) or a prize (βϱαβεῑον, as in 1 Cor. 9:24; Phil. 3:14) awarded for excelling in a competition (hence ARV “rob you of your prize”; so also J. B. Lightfoot, W. M. Ramsay, etc.). F. Field (Notes on Translation, p. 196) regards the thought of a “prize” as otiose; the verb, then, will mean “give an adverse decision against” and so “condemn” (a stronger synonym for ϰϱίνω in v. 16). Cf. T. K. Abbott, ad loc., pp. 265-66; H. N. Bate, A Guide to the Epistles of St. Paul (London, 1926), pp. 139-40, n. 1.
112Gk. ἃ ἑόϱαϰεν (ἑώϱαϰεν). ℵ C D2 Ψ and the majority of cursives put μή before the verb; F G have οὐϰ. The negative is read also in lat syr. See p. 120, n. 130.
113Gk. οὐ ϰϱατѽν τὴν ϰεφαλὴν, after which D* and the Harclean Syriac add the epexegetic Xϱɩστοῡ.
114Cf. C. S. Lewis, “The Inner Ring” (1944), in Screwtape Proposes a Toast and Other Pieces (London, 1965), pp. 28-40.