ἐξ ἐριθίας. From the literal sense of ‘work for hire,’ through the political sense of ‘self-seeking or partisan factiousness’ (cf. Galatians 5:20), the word gets the general ethical sense of ‘self-seeking’ (cf. Philippians 2:3; James 3:16) to the disregard of service, whether of GOD or man. So = μισθαρνία, ambitus, Wetst. ad lo[82]. Here in sharp contrast to καθ' ὑπ. ἔ. ἀ. (See Hort on James 3:14.)

[82] ad loc ad locum

ἀπειθοῦσι κ.τ.λ. sum up the description given Romans 1:21-32. Disobedience to known truth is again the condition of judgment; cf. Romans 11:30-33.

τῇ� includes as above, Romans 1:18, truth of act and life as is emphasised by the parallelism with δ. κ. τιμ. κ. ἀφθ. ζητοῦσιν, and so)[83] τῇ�.

[83])(opposed to

ὀργὴ καὶ θυμός. N. the change of construction: “ὀργή the settled feeling, θυμός the outward manifestation,” S. H.

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