1:4 encourages (a-2) _ Parakaleo_ , as Matthew 2:18 ; Matthew 5:4 ; Acts 20:12 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:7 . I do not say 'comfort,' as that is rather conveyed in _ paramutheomai_ , so translated in 1 Thessalonians 2:11 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:14 ; 'console,' John 11:19 ,... [ Continue Reading ]
3:2 read (d-11) The Greek means also 'well known;' a thing read of all, not private. There is a play on words, giving force to the statement. 'read' being a compound of 'know.' see ch. 1.13.... [ Continue Reading ]
3:3 be (e-4) Lit. '[ye] being manifested that ye are.'... [ Continue Reading ]
3:5 competent (f-5) I do not particularly prefer 'competent' to 'sufficient,' (as in ch. 2.16) but the sense is lost in ver. 6, if we say 'sufficient' there.... [ Continue Reading ]
3:6 covenant; (g-12) The omission of the article makes it characteristic, as in the case of 'letter' and 'spirit;' perhaps it may be rendered 'competent [as] new covenant ministers.' kills, (h-22) Or 'For letter kills.'... [ Continue Reading ]
3:7 began (i-12) It is not said that the ministry was glorious, but that the system was introduced with glory. It is in contrast with 'subsist in glory' (ver. 8). Moses, (k-30) See Exodus 34:29-35 .... [ Continue Reading ]
3:11 annulled (a-4) 'That annulled,' or 'done away,' may appear a little harsh, but the apostle uses it as a formula for the old covenant done away in Christ. If this be borne in mind, the sense will be clearer by the use of it. It contrasts 'that annulled' with 'that which abides.' so vers. 13 and... [ Continue Reading ]
3:14 darkened, (b-6) As 'hardened,' Mark 3:5 ; 'blinded,' Romans 11:7 . annulled. (c-25) I have no doubt that the text is right, and that Moses covered his face _ while_ he talked to the people, and that the Hebrew, Exodus 34:33 , means nothing else, and ver. 34 proves it.... [ Continue Reading ]
3:16 away.) (d-13) The parenthesis begins at ver. 7.... [ Continue Reading ]
3:18 transformed (e-15) As Romans 12:2 . From _ metamorphoo_ , translated 'transfigured' in Matthew 17:2 and Mark 9:2 . Spirit. (f-31) See vers. 6,17.... [ Continue Reading ]