Philippians and Philemon - MR Vincent - 1906.pdf

20 PHILIPPIANS [l. 15, 16
means 'contentment,' 'satisfaction' (Sir. xxix. 23; 2 Thess. i. 11 ;
on which, see Bornemann, Comm. ad loc). As related to others,
it means ' good- will,' ' benevolence.' Of God's good-will to men
(Lk. X. 21; Eph. i. 5, 9 ; Phil. ii. 13). The meaning 'desire'
(so Lightf. for Sir. xi. 7, and Rom. x. i [see comm. on this pass.],
and Thay. Lex. for Rom. x. i) cannot be supported. (See Sanday
on Rom. x. i.) For,see i Cor. x. 5 ; 2 Cor. xii. 10;
I Thess. ii. 12. Here 'good-will' towards Paul and the cause of
the gospel.
rov -:
,orig. ' to perform the duty of a herald' (), is
the standard N.T. word for the proclamation of the gospel. Not
often in any other sense. Of the preaching of John the Baptist
(Mt. iii. I ; Mk. i. 4 ; Acts x. 37) ; of preaching the claims of the
Mosaic law (Acts xv. 21; Gal. v. 11). Chiefly, perhaps wholly,
confined to the primary announcement of the gospel, and not
including continuous instruction or teaching of believers, which is
expressed by. (See both in Mt. iv. 23, ix. 35, xi. i.)
Yet in passages like i Cor. i. 23, ix. 27, xv. 11, the distinction
between missionary and church preaching cannot be clearly inferred.
For the phrase or , ,
*.,see Acts viii. 5 ; Cor. i. 23, xv. 12 ; 2 Cor. i. 19, iv. 5.
before omitted by N