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The sentiment of both passages is throughout alike : hali 

 of that sentiment, the denunciation of God's wrath, is ex- 

 pressed in identical words; the other half, namely, the 

 admonition to quit their former conversation, in words en- 

 tirely different. 



Ephes. 5:15, 16 : " See then that ye walk circumspsot- 

 ly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time."* 



Colos. 4:5: " Walk in wisdom toward them that aie 

 without, redeeming the time."t 



This is another example of that mixture which we re- 

 marked of sameness and variety in the language of one writer. 

 " Hedeeming the time," ^ayopaCofievoc rov Kacpdv, is a literal 

 repetition. " Walk not as fools, but as wise," TZEpmaTelre //^ 

 cjf aao^ot, d/l/l' wf co(l)ot, answers exactly in sense, and nearly in 

 terms, to " walk in wisdom," Iv GO(l>ia Trspnraretre. mptnaTdTe 

 uKpt(3ioc is a very different phrase, but is intended to convey 

 precisely the same idea as neptTTa-dre Trpbg rovg e^u. 'AKptlSug is 

 not w^ell rendered " circumspectly." It means what in mod- 

 ern speech we should call " correctly ;" and when we advise 

 a person to behave "correctly," our advice is ahvays given 

 with a reference " to the opinion of others," Trpbg Tovg efw. 

 " Walk correctly, redeeming the time," that is, suiting your- 

 selves to the difficulty and ticklishness of the times in which 

 we live, " because the days are evil." 



Ephes. 6 : 19, 20 : "And" praying "for me, that utter- 

 ance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth 

 boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which 

 I am an ambassador in bonds : that therein I may speak 

 boldly, as I ought to speak."! 



Colos. 4:3,4. " Withal praying also for us, that God 



* Ephes. 5 : L'), 16: BMireTe ovv irug uKpi[3ug irspLrraTelre • {irj wf 

 'aaof^QL, a?>,/l' dg oocpol^ k^aynoa^oiievoL tov Kaipov. 



t Colos. 4:5: ''Ev ao(pla TTEpnraTelTe Trpof Tovg e^io. tov Kaipbv i^ayo- 

 pa^ofiEuoc. 



t Ephes. 6 : 19, 20: Kut VTzep efiov^ Iva [zot 6o&ity loyog h uvol^ei 

 TOV GTO/iaror fiov iv Tra^pTjata, yvuplaai rb [ivaT7]pL0v rov EvayysMov, viric 

 oi irptaBEVu kv uXvoel^ ''va iv avru 110^^7] aiu(70)fx.at, ug 6d ^e TiaTvrjcai. 



