READINGS IN GREEK. 



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READINGS IN GREEK! X 1 1 



Till: M:\V 1 KSTAMENT (eonJin4a)-Tlli: KTISTLES. 



WB propose to torminato our series of extracts from the New 

 .tit with a few soloctions from the Kputlun. Tbo 

 correct int-r|.n-tutkm of these in a matter of much greater 

 diili.-iilty, and consequently baa boon the labjeot of greater 

 oontrou i~y tli.iM iinv ..tii.-r ]x>rtton of the Greek Testament; 

 different iut.Tpi-ftorH explaining disputed paaoage* in many 

 cases to suit their own particular viown, and HO varying 

 widely from each other. Our aim, however, it to bo rather 

 i!X|.liinatory than controversial, and wo shall aocordii. 

 doavour to avoid as far aa possible trenching upon the discuB. 

 1 any .I; -[in ted points of doctrine, though to keep clear 

 of it altogether may prove hardly poasible. Nor is it a 

 part of our scheme to discuss the authorship of any of the 

 Epistles, or enter at any length into an account of the writers 

 >-lvos, whose lives are well known to every reader of 

 Biblical history. Foremost among them, as well on account 

 of the extent of his epistles as of their marvellous eloquence 

 and close, vigorous reasoning, stands the great Apostle of tho 

 i>-!it HUH, St. Paul. He hod enjoyed all tho advantages of a 

 lil-nil education, and his writings throughout are marked by 

 the scholarly refinement and logical precision which might 

 have been expected from one who had " sat at the feet of 

 Gamaliel." The Epistles are addressed to the most important 

 of the Christian churches which he had founded in the course 

 of his apostolic mission, or to individuals whom he had left in 

 charge of them, or to whom, as in the case of Philemon, ho 

 had some special purpose to serve in writing. The epistles of 

 St. Peter, St. James, St. Jude, and St. John are addressed to 

 the general assembly of Christians throughout the world, with 

 the exception of tho second and third epistles of St. John, which 

 are written to private individuals. 



Our first extract is from tho magnificent argument upon tho 

 resurrection of the body in the fifteenth chapter of St. Paul's 

 first epistle to his converts at Corinth, to the extraordinary 

 eloquence of which writers nearly contemporary with St. Paul 

 have paid a tribute, and which was well calculated to impress 

 the highly-cultivated and art-loving people to whom it was 

 addressed : 



1 CORINTHIANS xv. 32 44. 



32 El Kara avOpiairov tOrjpio/j.dxriO'a tv'EQfffip, ri fioi rb u<pc\os 

 t't VfKpol OVK ("ytlpovrat ; Qdyupf v Kal irtwiJ.fi>, atfpiov yap airo6vj}o~- 



KOfJLfV. 



3 Mri ir\avaffOf $9fipovcnv tfBri xpn ff ' fy* 1 ^' 8 ' xaicat. 



34 'EKKiji^are 5iKaia>r, Kal ^IT) afiapravtrf ayviaviav yap Qeov 

 rifts fx' Jffl ' Trpbt ivrpowjiv vp.1v \fyta. 



35 'AAA* Iptt ris, ns tyiipovTcu ol vtxpoi ; iroltf ot 



36 *A.<ppov, ffv t> oirtipfts, ol fao-irou'irai, tav ^ airoddvy 



37 Kal i> ffirdptis, ov rb <r/xa rb ytvTiffOfj.tvov <rirtiptis, aAAa 

 yvfj.vbv KOKKOV, ft rvxoi, ffirov 1j TWOS TWV \onruv 



38 'O 8e 0eJ>y avrtf SiSiaffi ffufna nadois TjCfArftre, Kal (Kaffrcf 

 ruv <nrfpfj.druv rb ISiov ffufj.a. 



39 Ou iraffa <rap|, i] avr^j <rop{' aAAa a\\ij fikv arap avdpunrwv, 

 &AAi7 5f <rap KTt]viav, &\\rj 5 ixOvtav, aAAij Sf irrijvwf. 



40 Kal <rufj.ara t'lrovpdvta, Kal ffiap-aro. tiriytia- aAA" trtpa fj.tv 

 r) Ttav tirovpaviuv 5o|a, erf pa 5f T) rwv iirtytitaf. 



41 'AAATj $6a fi\iou, Kal &AA?j 5da fftAVyj/T/s, oi aAA?; SJja 

 affTtpcai'- affTTjp yap acrrepos Siatpfpd Iv 8(J{7j. 



42 Guru Kal T\ avdyraffis ruv vtKpiav. ffireipfrai tv <f>0opa, 

 iyfiptrai iv a(p6apffia' 



43 2irfy>fTa 4v arj/iia, lydptrai tv SJfjj' cnrtiptrai fv aaOfvsia, 

 iyflptrat iv SvvdfJ.fi- 



44 2ir/pcrat <ra>/*a tyvxtKbv, fyflptrat <ru>fj.a 

 aS>u.a ^v\iKav, KO\ tff 



NOTES. 



32. Kara avdpumov. To utt a Tiuman argument looking at it from a mere 

 human point of view. St. Paul appears to mean, " What is the use, 

 from a human point of view, of my undergoing terrible sufferings in 

 this life for the sake of the truth, it there is to be no hereafter ? Far 

 better were it to enjoy the present life, and adopt the maxim of the 

 Epicurean philosophers as our own." 



'E0rjp<ojjaxn<ra, / have fought with wild leasts. It is uncertain if this 

 is to be taken literally, though it was a species of torture to which the 

 early Christians were often subjected. It is, at all events, evident that 

 he was subjscted to severe trials at Ephesne. which are again alluded 



to In Cor. L a II* WM eerUinljr m fMat peril * FjhiiM in tb* 

 tumult nMBttoMd la AU ite. SS aad loUowtof MMM. 



*>.>-/. Compara Ua. Kii. U. It WM aUo UM motto of OM mn- 

 law KploonanlflB ol * day, whieh look-d only to prM* mio f m~t. 



81 *',>, eto. Aa lamUe UM from UM (hwk foot limn Am 

 8t Paul's famUUrity with UM UUrator* of fete * awl oontey to otoo 

 abown by a quoUtkm la Ata zriL IB from AcaUw, and m Tito* L U 

 from tha CiwtMi po* EpfanaldM. 



St. 'lM*i+ a rt A.o--,. Probably with a prolcpUo MOM, M i MM 

 English venion, awxUw to right*)****. 'IMIH* is UtermJJy, to tlttp / 

 drunken fit, and is uxl by Plato of menUl intoxication. Tb* MOMO< 

 the paMago appears to b, " ROOM younl*ai from that state of drk- 

 necs into which you have fallen bade, to the light sad bwwtedfe which 

 many have never had sny opportunity of attaining." 



35. 'AAV ;,,M Tir. A common form of introducing the lyiBHiil of aa 

 imaginary dinputant. 



rioiif mltftart. Dative of manner. 



36. 'Kuv /JFJ uwoOtiiy, unl it hoi prtvioiuiy Itfonu Atai. 



38. 'HWAnff*. The part tonso may b Ukea w HvHfltthty tfc* pr*. 

 ordaining of Ood'i will. 



39. Oi w&ra fapf, OtC. TJurt it M fifth that it On ttmt 08 fifth it 



othtnoiut than th *am. This is a frequent Oratk TesUaeut idiom rf. 

 Uol. ii. 16, ou d,a,#^.Ta< wHaa ff.Jpf, aU fifth thall HUM j<utifitat,m mo 

 JUh thaU btjuttified. The ov goes with the verb, tKpraissd or under 

 stood, which it contradict*. Ps. z. 4, "Neither is Ood in all his 

 thought* " i.e., " from all his thought* God is absent." 



40. Ka< <rw/uaTa. Supply, as in the English venion, the finite verb 



tan v. 



44. *vy,i*oti <i/^aTio. Tho words ^xn and wnv^a ar used in a 

 somewhat different relation by St. Paul to that in which they are 

 employed by the classical writers. In both they each refer to tb* 

 immaterial part of human nature ; but whereas in the claor'sal writer* 

 </iixn was the higher, as the seat of the intellect, will, and !*"*"*,, 

 while *tvna wo* the breath of life, in St. Paul they are transposed. 

 the divine Spirit being considered above and superior to the merely 

 intellectual ports of our nature, denoted by 4'-xn. 



The next extract is a part of St. Paul's argument to his 

 Galatian converts who had relapsed into Judaism, in which he 

 shows that the blessing promised to Abraham, as the father of 

 the chosen people, and which they hoped to obtain by their 

 secession, was to the " faithful," and not of necessity to the 

 followers of Judaism : 



GALATIANS in. 1 7. 



Ta\drai, rts vfj.as tBdffKavt ry a\rt9tia /i9> f0r- 

 Oai ; oly Kar' 6<p8a\/j.ovs '\i\ffovs Xptffrbs wpotypdtpri tv vfjuv iffrav- 

 p<au.ivos. 



2 Tovro fi6vov 0(\w fj.ade'ti' afy' vfj.wv, ' tpywv v6u.ou rb Tlrtvfta 



3 OUTOIJ av6rirol fort ; 



irvtvftart, 



trapxl 



4 ToffaDra iirddfrt tiKr} ; ttyt tal cixi}. 



5 'O ovv firixopriyuv v/j.'iir rb Tlffvfia, Kal fytpywy Si/rd^cif if 

 v/j.tv, 4 fpyuv v6p.ov 1) ^{ iLKorjs iriffrtiat ; 



6 Kudus 'A/Spaa^ itiff-Ttvat r$ 9ttj>, Kal t\oytf<hi avry fit 



7 VtvuffKfrf apa art ol IK wfrrc*j, ourol iVr viol ' 



NOTES. 



1. 'E/Jaa-Kavc, as English version, bewitched; derived from fta(, which 

 means o sptak, and ftaaiua, which got to signify to revile, and thus to 

 bewitch with the evil eye, like the Latin /acino, whence our/a*cinato. 



Mij nfiVfoOat, EC. matt /i>) w, 



iipo7p(i^n. Hpo in composition signifies before, (1) of place, (9 

 of time in tho New Testament generally of time, a* Bom. xv. 4. 



written beforehand." Here, however, the words HOT' v^&iApovt *eiii 

 to point to the signification of place " Who could hare bewitched 

 you, when you had the crucified Christ straight before your *ye* to 

 look to, to take away the effects of the evil eye ? " If it implies time. 

 it must refer to a former visit of St Paul. 'E vft'r should go with 



2. 'Ef fp7 vtfiov, the Jewish teachers ; uconr v<arcf, the preaching 

 of St. Paul. The Qalatians had originally been converted from 

 heathenism by Jews, and St. Paul asks them whether they received 

 tho Spirit from himself or them. 



xonr. Passive sense. Th thin^ heard, and o preaching. Cf. Bom. 

 z. 17, " Faith cometh by hearing "i.e., frtaehvtg. 



ni<rrt*t. That preaching which held forth faith a* it* fundamental 

 principle. 



a Ovw expreMM rather quantity than quality /x>li*k to MCA 

 dtgrtt. 



