Philippians and Philemon - MR Vincent - 1906.pdf
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178 PHILEMON [4, 5<br />
3, 4.) The construction probably accords with Col. i. 3, 4, since<br />
there is a close correspondence of the phraseology, <strong>and</strong> the two<br />
letters were written at the same time. /? defines.<br />
(See on Phil. i. 4.)<br />
Ellic. differs from most of the modern commentators by connecting<br />
irapTOTt with iroiou/xews.<br />
All that the apostle had heard of <strong>Philemon</strong> caused him to add<br />
thanksgiving to his prayers. " Not<strong>and</strong>um quod pro quo gratias<br />
agit, pro eodem simul precatur. Nunquam enim tanta est vel per-<br />
fectissimis gratul<strong>and</strong>i materia, quamdiu in hoc mundo vivunt,<br />
quin precibus indigeant, ut det illis Deus non tantum perseverare<br />
usque ad finem, sed in dies proficere. Haec enim laus quam<br />
mox <strong>Philemon</strong>i tribuit, breviter complectitur totam Christiani<br />
hominis perfectionem " (Calv.).<br />
€ € :<br />
* when engaged in offering my prayers.'<br />
blends the temporal with the local force. For,<br />
prayer in general, see on Phil. iv. 6. Any special petition would<br />
be 8, which is implied in.<br />
5. :<br />
' because I hear,' through Epaphras (Col. i. 7, 8,<br />
iv. 12), or possibly from Onesimus himself.<br />
indicates the cause of;not the motive of the inter-<br />
cession, as De W., which would leave «. without a cause assigned for it;<br />
while the ' mention ' of <strong>Philemon</strong> did not require that a motive should be<br />
assigned.<br />
T^v «"? ? ;5<br />
' thy love <strong>and</strong> faith which thou hast towards<br />
CIS???:<br />
the Lord Jesus <strong>and</strong> to all the saints.*<br />
eti T. Kvp. eti iravr. ACD*, 17, 137, WH.<br />
r. . DFGKLP, Syr.P, Tisch., R.T., Weiss.<br />
Love <strong>and</strong> faith are both exercised towards the Lord Jesus, <strong>and</strong><br />
by a hasty <strong>and</strong> compressed construction, due to the momentum<br />
of the previous part of the clause, the saints also are made the<br />
objects of both love <strong>and</strong> faith, instead of his writing, * the love<br />
<strong>and</strong> the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, <strong>and</strong> the<br />
love which thou hast to all the saints.' (Comp. Col. i. 4.) Faith<br />
works by love, <strong>and</strong> love exercised towards the saints is a work of<br />
faith. In the next clause he speaks of a ' communication ' of faith<br />
to others. Lumby very aptly says : " The love was displayed<br />
towards the Christian congregation, the faith towards the Lord<br />
Jesus Christ ; but they are so knit together where they truly exist<br />
that St. Paul speaks of them both as exhibited alike towards Christ<br />
<strong>and</strong> towards his people."<br />
A parallel is furnished by Eph. i. 15, if^is omitted from the text<br />
with AB, WH., R.T. Tisch. retains. See WH., ad loc, Gk. Test., " Notes