Comp. James 1:6.
perif
.] This word (in the passive) occurs in the New Testament here only. In Heb. 13:9, as also in Jude 12, it is a false reading. But the former passage (
didacai'" poikivlai" k. xevnai" mh; parafevresqe
) is to be compared, as describing the same dangers under a slightly different image,that of being carried away from the straight course (see note
ad loc.
). [Here the Ephesians are warned against being carried about hither and thither by various winds of erroneous doctrine, which are thus characterised in contrast with the unity of Christian teaching.]
th'" didask
.] The teaching of such as lead astray.
ejn th'/ kub
....] Latt.
in nequitia
(
fallacia, illusione
)
hominum, in astutia ad
circumventionem
(
remedium, machinationem
)
erroris:
encompassed, as it were, by the fraud (or the gambling spirit) of religious adventurers, who turn them by their selfish ability after the scheming of error.
kubeiva/
] The word
kubeiva
occurs in the literal sense of dice-playing in Pl.
Phaedr.
274 D; X
EN
.
M
EM
.
1.3, 2 &
C
. I
T IS USED METAPHORICALLY IN
A
RR
. E
PICT
. 2.19;
3.21. T
HE WORD WAS TRANSLITERATED IN
R
ABBINIC
. [S
EE
A
DD
. N
OTE
.]
PANOURGIVA ] L UKE 20:23; 1 C OR . 3:19; 2 C OR . 4:2; 11:3. (2 C OR . 12:16
PANOURGO " .)
F
OR
PRO
;"
T
.
M
.
SEE
G
AL
. 2:14; L
K
. 12:47;
AND FOR
MEQODIVA
E
PH
. 6:11.
15.
AJLHQEUVONTE
"
...] L
ATT
.
VERITATEM FACIENTES
,
LIVING THE TRUTH IN LOVE
,
NOT SIMPLY
SPEAKING THE TRUTH
.
T
HE APPROPRIATION OF THE TRUTH IS NOT INTELLECTUAL ONLY BUT MORAL
,
EXPRESSED THROUGH OUR WHOLE BEING
,
IN CHARACTER AND ACTION
.
AUJXHVS . EIJ " AUJ .] L ATT . CRESCAMUS IN ILLO : MAY REALISE OUR FELLOWSHIP WITH H IM MORE CLOSELY AS OUR GROWTH ADVANCES AND BE CONFORMED TO H IM MORE PERFECTLY .
16. EJX OU ...] FROM W HOM , AS THE SOURCE OF ALL VITAL ENERGY , ALL THE BODY ... MAKETH FOR ITSELF THE GROWTH OF THE BODY UNTO THE BUILDING UP OF ITSELF IN LOVE . W HILE C HRIST IS THE ONE SOURCE OF LIFE , THE GRADUAL FORMATION OF H IS BODY , THE C HURCH , IS STILL DESCRIBED UNDER THE TWO COMPLEMENTARY FIGURES OF A GROWTH AND A BUILDING UP . A UXHSI " OBVIOUSLY REFERS TO AUJXHVSWMEN IN E PH . 4:15. T HE INCREASE OF THE C HURCH DEPENDS IN PART ON THE DUE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS MEMBERS , AND IN PART ON THEIR HARMONIOUS COMBINATION .
T HE PROCESS OF INCREASE IS CONTINUOUS ( SUNARMOLOGOUVMENON PRES . AS E PH . 2:21 F .), AND IT INVOLVES THE PUTTING TOGETHER OF PARTS ( SUNARM . E PH . 2:21), AND THE COMBINATION OF PERSONS ( SUMBIB . C OL . 2:19).
DIA P . A J. ] L ATT . PER OMNEM JUNCTURAM SUBMINISTRATIONIS , THROUGH EVERY CONTACT . W HEREVER ONE PART COMES INTO CLOSE CONNEXION WITH ANOTHER , IT COMMUNICATES THAT WHICH IT HAS TO GIVE . F OR THE SENSE OF AFHV SEE L IGHTFOOT ON C OL . 2:19.
T HE CONSTRUCTION OF TH '" EJPICORHGIVA " IS UNCERTAIN . T HE ONLY CONNEXION WHICH GIVES A SATISFACTORY MEANING APPEARS TO BE TH '" EJPIC . KATJ EJNEVRG . T HE UNUSUAL ORDER IS INTELLIGIBLE FROM THE EMPHASIS ON TH '" EJPIC . ( COMP . E PH . 3:17 NOTE ). T HE SENSE WILL THEN BE : ACCORDING TO THE EFFECTUAL WORKING OF THE SERVICE RENDERED IN DUE MEASURE BY EVERY PART . I F EJN MEVTRW CANNOT BE USED ABSOLUTELY , THEN EJN MEVTRW E J. E J. M . GIVES THE SAME MEANING .
T HE RENDERING THROUGH EVERY CONTACT WITH THE SUPPLY GIVES NO CLEAR SENSE . T HE SUPPLY IS NOT A DEFINITE CURRENT OF FORCE , BUT VARIES WITH EVERY PART . I N ANY CASE THE SENSE IS CLEAR . E ACH PART AS IT IS BROUGHT INTO CONTACT WITH OTHER PARTS , FULFILS ITS OWN OFFICE AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE GROWTH OF THE