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THE REV. H. J. B . MARSTOX, M.A., OX 



been employed by God to write that truth large on the page of 

 human nature. 



Note ox the Terms axd Phrases used by St. Paul ix the 

 Secoxd Epistle to the Corixthiaxs. 



The collection of terms and phrases in this note is copious, 

 but not exhaustive. It comprises more than fifty expressions. 

 I have distributed them under certain obvious but useful heads. 

 I have translated the original Greek of the expressions into 

 modern equivalents as far as I can. The Greek, however, will 

 repay careful investigation ; and, indeed, no translation is really 

 adequate. 



1. Mental 2>rocesses. — Thoughts, Eeasonings, Volition, Purpose, 

 Deliberation, Attribution. 



2. Xatural emotions. — Eager solicitude, Confidence, Praise, 

 Grief, Fear, Eepulsion, Ambition, Jealousy. 



3. Departments of nature. — Conscience, Spirit, Soul, Body, 

 Flesh. (Soul is used in its plural, but Spirit and Body are 

 not.) 



4. Seats of emotion. — Heart, Flesh, Titals. (Heart is used in 

 the plural.) 



5. Outward signs of emotion. — "Through many tears," "With 

 fear and trembling," " Weakly presence of the body," " Whether 

 in the body or apart from it God knows." Two phrases occur 

 which are like these, namely : " Lest I should become exalted " 

 and " Constraint of heart." 



6. Vices. — Levity, Xonsense, Chicanery, Trickery, Pollution, 

 Impurity, Wantonness, Harlotry. 



7. Christian graees. — Faith, Hope, Love, Peace, Joy, Patience, 

 Tolerance, Earnestness, Sincerity, Kindliness, Simplicity, Right- 

 eousness, Truth, Obedience, Meekness, Reasonableness, Liberty, 

 Wisdom, Knowledge, Sanctity, Sanctification. 



This survey demonstrates the richness of St. Paul's vocab- 

 ulary, the delicate precision of his use of terms, his alert and 

 vivid interest in the whole structure of man. 



Such a writer could not have been the Jewish globe-trotter 

 obsessed with the illusion that the world was about to vanish 

 in a debacle precipitated by the Advent of Jesus. Such a 

 writer was and is worthy of much higher credit than are those 

 critics who interpret him thus. 



