jEndunamou'sqe is certainly passive (Acts 9:22; Rom. 4:20; Heb. 11:34. Comp. Col. 1:11; Lk. 1:80; 2:40. The active occurs Phil. 4:13; 1 Tim. 1:12; 2 Tim. 4:17), and has respect to the work to be done. jIscuv" expresses strength positively: kravto" might as abundantly effective for the end contemplated. To; kr. th'" ijsc . occurs again Eph. 1:19 note. jEn tw'/ kravtei answers to ejn kurivw/ : by fellowship with Him we share in all that is His.
11.
ejnduvsasqe th;n pan
....] Armour represents the aspect of Divine help in
reference to the Christian warfare. The image occurs in each group of St Paul's Epistles: 1 Thess. 5:8; 2 Cor. 6:7; 10:4; Rom. 6:13; 13:12. Comp. Wisd. 5:17 ff.
lhvyetai panoplivan to;n zh'lon aujtou' k.t.l.
; Is. 59:16 f.
th;n pan. t. q.
] V.
arma
(
omnia arma
), V.L.
armaturam: the full, complete, armour of God
, that is, which GOD supplies (vs. 13; comp. Lk. 11:22).
JH panopliva
was properly the equipment of the heavy-armed soldier.
Polyb. 6.23, 2ff.
[Esti dj hJ JRwmai>kh; panopliva prw'ton me;n qureov" .... a{ma de;
tw'/ qurew'/ mavcaira:...pro;" de; touvtoi" uJssoi; duvo, kai; proskefalaiva calkh', kai; proknhmiv"...OiJ me;n ou\n polloi; proslabovnte" cavlkwma spiqamiai'on pavnth/ pavntw", o} prostivqentai me;n pro; tw'n stevrnwn, kalou'si de; kardiofuvlaka, teleivan e[cousi th;n kaqovplisin: oiJ de; uJpe;r ta;" muriva" timwvmenoi dracma;" ajnti; tou' kardiofuvlako" su;n toi'" a[lloi" ajlusidwtou;" peritivqentai qwvraka"
.
pro;" to; duvn
....]
that ye may bewith a view to your beingable to stand
....
The conflict is regarded from afar. Contrast Eph. 6:13
i{na dunhqh'te
which expresses the immediate object.
sth'nai pro;"
...]
to stand
hold your position
against
, in face of. Comp. John 6:52; Heb. 12:4
ou[pw mevcri" ai{mato" ajntikatevsthte pro;" th;n aJmartivan ajntagwnizovmenoi
.
ta;" meq. t. d.
] Latt.
adversus insidias
(
machinationes, nequitias, versutias
)
: the wiles of the devil
, the supreme leader of the powers of evil (Eph. 4:27 note).
Meqodeiva (Eph. 4:14) is not found in class. writers or in the LXX. though meqodeuvw occurs. As meqodeiva describes the general system, meqodei'ai are the many forms in which it is embodied.
Compare Polycarp,
ad Phil.
7 (ed. Lightfoot, Pt. ii. vol. iii. p. 334)
kai; o}" a]n mh; oJmologh'/ to; martuvrion tou' staurou', ejk tou' diabovlou ejstivn: kai; o}" a]n meqodeuvh/ ta; lovgia tou' Kurivou pro;" ta;" ijdiva" ejpiqumiva" kai; levgei ªlevgh/º mhvte ajnavstasin ei\nai mhvte krivsin, ou|to" prwtovtokov" ejsti tou' Satana'
, and Lightfoot's note (ad loc.) on
meqodeuvh/
; for which he cites Polybius 38.4, 10
polla; pro;" tauvthn th;n uJpovqesin ejmporeuvwn kai; meqodeuovmeno"
and Philo
Vit. Moys.
3.27
o{per meqodeuvousin oiJ logoqh'rai kai; sofistaiv
. [The verb occurs in the LXX. of 2 Sam. 19:27
meqwvdeusen oJ dou'lo" sou
, but not in the N.T. Commenting on
meqodeiva
here Chrysostom says
meqodeu'saiv ejsti to; ajpath'sai kai; dia; suntovmou eJlei'n
. For
mevqodo"
in this sense cf. Plutarch,
Moral.
176 A
ejqauvmaze th;n mevqodon tou' ajnqrwvpou
(quoted by Lightfoot
l.
c.
) and 2 Macc. 13:18
katepeivrase dia; meqovdwn tou;" tovpou"
.]
12.
o{ti oujk e[stin hJ p
....] Latt.
quia non est nobis colluctatio
(
lucta, pugna
).
Because our wrestling
.... The order throws emphasis on
hJmi'n
. All life is a struggle,
but
our
struggle is....
The metaphor (
pavlh
here only in N. T.) is changed in order to bring out the personal individual conflict. Comp. 2 Tim. 2:4 f.
ai|ma kai; s.
]
blood and flesh.
This unusual order is found also in Heb. 2:14. Perhaps
ai|ma
is placed first as representing the vital principle in man.
ajlla; pro;" ta;" ajrcav"
...]
but against the principalities
.... All is definite and