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1 Tim . v . 1 . " Rebuke not an aged man severely : " in R . V ,, ° rebuke uot an elder' * [ Kpsa-gvrtpcp py ewiwXygyx ' ; ]; which leaves it doubtful whether Paul speaks here of an ecclesiastical officer or of any man advanced in years . Philalethes is correct . So Worsley ,
« a senior 5 " and so the F . G . Vers ., " celui qui est avance en age . * ' But Newcome and the 1 . V . adopt the common rendering . 4 . •* A suitable return to their
parents and progenitors" [ ufMihat ; aifohdoyoa tok ; wpoyopoig } ' * tt R- V . > ** to requite their parents , " Newcome has , "to requite their progenitors : "
Schleusrier restricts xciq Trpoyovon ; to fathers and mothers : of the rendering given by Philalethes , we must complain that it is circuitous and paraphrasticaL
5 . " She who is truly a widow , and left alone , should trust in God /* &c .: in R . V ., •« she that is a widow indeed , and desolate , trusteth [ yiknua-y in God : " We prefer the rendering iu the P . T . — " Prseterituin , " says Roseninuller , " pro praesenti . "
< 5 , " She who abandoneth herself to pleasure : " this is much better than the R . V ., « she that livcth in pleasure * [ oj le < rsajrt * k »< rcL — - 1 ) . When they grow weary of Christian restraints" ( in the margin " grow wanton against Christ , and so , in substance , the R . V ., " wax
wanton , &e * " ); the original is , way yap KtXToc ^ -piQ ^ oe ^ raxn rov XpifWy €€ postquam laseieverunt contra Christum . * Schleusner . We do not now undertake an interpretation of the phrase . iJr . Symonds , after having quoted the 1 - T ,, exclaims , " What an extraordinary phrase is this ! " Mr . Wake * field ' s rendering is admirable : ? for , when they grow weary of the restraints of Christ , they wish to marry . ' Much , nevertheless , as we T T % x Ct the meiIlo »* y of Symonds and of Wakefield , we cannot join in this
eucoinium . T We give the preference to Newcomes rendering , which retains the spirit of the original , and cannot offend the most delicate moaern ear , «« when they become inoramate against Christ .
" , ' - 1 £ - * ' Exposing themselves to conde mnatioft by no ( be ^ g faithful w their ferrt enga ^ emcttt : in R . V ., Having dammrtioa becmse they hare
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cast off their first faith ** [* xov { TOU * P'fw tin ttjv Trpftmjy icisrw qQ € Tii < ra . v \« PKita * lethes seems to have apprehended the apostle ^ s meaning : so the F . G . V ^ rs ., " puisqu elles out viole leur premier engagement . " . 17 . " Let the elders who act
well as superintendants , be considered worthy of a liberal recompense" [ of itaXcc S itpo ^ SjrBqmp ^ C' V tvrepoi foirXyq t + WS a ^ BtrOcoa-av ] . In R . , " Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honour . " Here PhiLa lethes follows , and with reason , most
of the preceding translators and interpreters : thus Castalio , " gemino praemio , " and Newcome , " double reward , ' which strikes us as the best rendering . For this sense of the word
rifArj see Acts xxviii . 10 * On the adjective 6 iTrA >) , Rosenmiiller , a most valuable expositor , remarks , sumitur indeterminate . " 22 . " Put thy hands hastily on no man [ x&pa $ ra , %€ & $ ft ^ ocw « r * T * 5 £ i ] . The R . V . is ambiguous , P lay hands , " &c . Symonds * Observ . &c , in loc . 25 . li Use a little wine , on account of thy stomach , and the weak state , frequently , of thy health * ' [ to ? * xvkvol $ < tqv our& € vua . q \ . In R « V . f " thine often infirmities . Better , ag
in Worsley and Newcome , "thyfrequent infirmities" [ disorders ] . ¦ vi . 1 , a * lC Let as many as are
under the yoke of sservitude account their own masters worthy of all respect , that the name and doctrine of God may not be blasphemed . And let not those that have believing masters treat them disrespectfully , because
they are brethren , but let them give their service more readily , because those who receive the benefit of * it are believers and objects of affection . " In R . V ., let as many servants at are under the yoke [ ocro * ei < nv $ < n * fyrymr § wXot ] count their own masters
worthy of all honour O */^]» that the name of God and his doctriqe [><* p ^ to oyofAct rw Ocov k «< iq diiata ^ Ka ^ jac ] be not blasphemed . And they that have believing masters , let them not despise
[ Ka , rcuf > povEiTo )< ra . y \ them because tbey are brethren , bttt rather do them service- [ aXkcc * ^ otXXoy 5 ovXev « TAwr » y ) # because they anre faithful and bql 6 ved # partakers of the benefit" [ o r * i ^ r ^ enr # kou cKj& $ np ** < oi -ryt * v € py * TK » c tnrfj Xc */**
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Review . —A new Version of the Epistle * of Paul . < B 9 ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1819, page 695, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1778/page/43/
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