1924 . 1 Cor. i. 31; 2 Cor. x. 17.
. 1 Cor. i. 31; 2 Cor. x. 17.
. Ecclus. xix. 4.
. Comp. Jas. i. 6, 8.
. Compare Epistle to the Antiochians, chap. xii.
. Comp. Deut. xxxi. 7, 23.
. Num. xxvii. 17.
. 2 Tim. i. 18.
. Col. iv. 15.
. 1 Tim. iv. 10.
. Literally, “to your brother-loving spiritual love according to God.”
. Literally, “course in Christ.”
. 1 Cor. i. 10; Phil. ii. 2, iii. 16.
. 1 Cor. viii. 6.
. 1 Cor. xii. 11.
. Literally, “which is given unto the death of the Lord.”
. Eph. iv. 5.
. Deut. vi. 4; Mark xii. 29.
. Mal. ii. 10.
. John i. 18.
. 1 Cor. viii. 6.
. Prov. xxx. 4.
. i.e. “Advocate” or “Comforter;” comp. John xiv. 16.
. Eph. iv. 4.
. 1 Cor. xii. 13.
. 1 Cor. xii. 11,
. Comp. Athanasian Creed.
. Matt. xxviii. 19.
. John i. 14.
. Prov. ix. 1.
. Isa. vii. 14.
. Eph. ii. 2.
. The various Gnostic sects are here referred to, who held that matter was essentially evil, and therefore denied the reality of our Lord’s incarnation.
. The MS. has μαγείας, “of magic;” we have followed the emendation proposed by Faber.
. Literally, “heretical in respect to phantasy.”
. Literally, is “various,” or “manifold.”
. 1 Cor. ii. 8.
. John i. 14.
. Matt. iv. 23, ix. 35.
. Reference seems here to be made to obscene heathen practices.
. i.e. so as to have no separate personality from the Father. Comp. Epistle to the Tarsians, chap. ii.
. Literally, “and taking away Christ from being born.”
. Literally, “double.”
. According to many of the fathers, Satan was in great ignorance as to a multitude of points connected with Christ.
. Literally, “thou wast dizzy in the head.”
. Literally, “on account of the paltry things.”
. Literally, “small.”
. Matt. iv. 3.
. Or, “the belly.”
. 1 Cor. ii. 8.
. Some insert, “corruptible.”
. Luke x. 18.
. Matt. iv. 6.
. Comp. Rom. iv. 17.
. Matt. iv. 6.
. Ps. xci. 13.
. Deut. vi. 16.
. Luke iv. 6.
. Matt. iv. 9.
. Or, “belly.”
. Or, “that always needs whipping.”
. Matt. iv. 10.
. Matt. iv. 10; Deut. vi. 13.
. Comp. Col. iv. 18.
. Nothing can be said with certainty as to the place here referred to. Some have conceived that the ordinary reading, Maria Cassobolita, is incorrect, and that it should be changed to Maria Castabalitis, supposing the reference to be to Castabala, a well-known city of Cilicia. But this and other proposed emendations rest upon mere conjecture.
. Some propose to read, “always.”
. Or, “wonderfully.”
. The MS. has, “and.”
. The MS. has Ἠμελάπης, which Vossius and others deem a mistake for ἡμεδαπῆς, as translated above.
. The same as Azarbus (comp. Epist. to Hero, chap. ix.).
. Num. xxvii. 16, 17.
. Literally, “in themselves.”
. Literally, “in recent newness of priesthood.”
. Literally, “call up.”
. Literally, “know.”
. The ancient Latin version translates ὠμογέροντας “cruel old men,” which perhaps suits the reference better.
. Jer. i. 7.
. Comp. for similar statements to those here made, Epist. to the Magnesians (longer), chap. iii.
. Literally, “understood the great question of the ignorance of the women respecting their children.”
. Literally, “out of herself.”
. 2 Kings xxii. xxiii.
. 1 Sam. xvi.
. Ps. cl. 1 (in the Septuagint; not found at all in Hebrew).
. Literally, “to trace up.”
. Literally, “measure” or “limits.”
. Literally, “a part.”
. Literally, “all-wise.”
. Literally, “by the many wills of the adversaries.”
. Rom. viii. 18.
. Literally, “I have gladly fulfilled the things commanded by thee in the letter.”
. Literally, “by a judgment of God.”
. Prov. viii. 17 (loosely quoted from LXX.).
. The original is πάπᾳ, literally “father.”
. Jer. x. 23.
. Literally, “of vices.”
. Some MSS. and editions seem with propriety to omit this word.
. Literally, “a nature of angelic purity is allied to human nature.”
. Literally, “his own.”
. Some omit this word.
. Literally, “of herself.” Some read, instead of “de se,” “deorum,” when the translation will be, “the true God of gods.”
. Or, “face.” Some omit the word.
. Or, “good.”
. Literally, “her own.”
. 1 Cor. xvi. 13.
. Luke i. 47.
- Transcriber’s Notes:
- Footnotes have been collected at the end of the text, and are linked for ease of reference.