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mh; parorgivzete ] Latt. nolite ad iracundiam provocare. The verb occurs Rom. 10:19 (a citation from the LXX. Deut. 32:21). In Eph. 4:26 we have parorgismov" . In Col. 3:21 the word used is ejreqivzete . Even in children there is a keen sense of injustice and inconsiderateness.
ejktrevfete ] V. educate , V. L. nutrite ( enutrite ): cf. c. Eph. 5:29. The ejk - is intensive as in ejkpeiravzein, ejkplhrou'n, ejktelei'n & c.
ejn paid. kai; nouqesiva/ t. k. ] Latt. in disciplina et correptione domini, in discipline and admonition not self-chosen or self-invented but answering to the mind of the Lord , administered through them. Bengel says truly ‘harum altera occurrit ruditati, altera oblivioni et levitati.’ Paideiva is discipline generally (2 Tim. 3:16 pro;" paideivan th;n ejn dikaiosuvnh/ ; Heb. 12:5 ff.); nouqesiva special admonition (1 Cor. 10:11 ejgravfh de; pro;" nouqesivan hJmw'n ; Tit. 3:10 meta; mivan kai; deutevran nouqesivan ).

(d) Servants and masters (5-9).

5. Servants ( slaves ), be obedient to them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart as unto Christ; 6 not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of GOD; 7 doing service from the heart with good-will, as to the Lord and not to men; 8 knowing that whatsoever good thing each one doeth, this shall he receive again from the Lord, whether he be bond or free. 9 And, ye masters, do the same things in dealing with them, and forbear threatening; knowing that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with Him.

5-9. The third typical relation in the household was that of servants (slaves) and masters. The servant must remember that he renders his service to Christ (5-7), and that he will receive his reward from Him (8). The master must remember that in heaven the servant's Master is his own also (9).

The position of slaves ( dou'loi ) is touched on in 1 Tim. 6:1 f.; Tit. 2:9 f.; and 1 Pet. 2:18 ( oijkevtai ).

In the Pastoral Epistles and 1 Peter the master of the slave is despovth" .
5.
toi'" k. s. k. ] Earthly relations are not neutralised by heavenly (Rom. 13:7). At the same time kata; savrka suggests the limit of the authority of earthly masters.

On this Primasius remarks: Non venit Christus mutare conditiones sed mores. meta; f. kai; tr .] with fear lest any duty should be left undone and trembling : the feeling and the sign of it. The phrase recurs in 2 Cor. 7:15; Phil. 2:12; comp. 1 Cor. 2:3; and is not uncommon in the LXX.: Gen. 9:2; Is. 19:16; Ps. 2:11.

Such feelings have a right place in the relations of men to men. ejn aJpl. t. k. uJ. ] in singleness of heart , without hypocrisy or one secondary or selfish thought. For aJplovth" see Col. 3:22; 2 Cor. 1:12. The obedience is to be rendered as unto Christ , ‘Who knoweth the hearts of all men.’
wJ" tw'/ cr .] vs. 7 douleuvonte" wJ" tw'/ kurivw/ . Comp. Col. 3:24.
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mh; katj ojfq. wJ" ajnqr. .] Latt. non ad oculum servientes ....
katj ojfq .] Col. 3:22 ejn ojfqalmodoulivai" . The word is not quoted from any earlier writer.
ajnqrwpavreskoi ] Col. 3:22. The word is found in Ps. 52:6 (53:6) (LXX.); Ps. Sol. 4:8, 10, 21.
wJ" dou'loi Cr .] Comp. 1 Cor. 7:22; 1 Pet. 2:16 wJ" dou'loi qeou' . The phrase in a spiritual sense is the chosen title of apostles: Rom. 1:1; James 1:1; 2 Pet. 1:1;


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