Footnotes

¹Some render, "in the resurrection which is by Him."

²Either, "the whole members of the Church," or, "in the fulness of blessing."

³Either, "as an apostle," or, "in the apostolic form."

⁴Either, "the whole members of the Church," or, "in the fulness of blessing."

⁵Either, "as an apostle," or, "in the apostolic form."

⁶Literally, "not according to use, but according to nature."

⁷Literally, "not for use, but for a possession."

⁸It is doubtful whether this exhortation is addressed to the deacons or people; whether the former are urged in all respects to please the latter, or the latter in all points to be pleased with the former.

⁹Heb. xiii. 17.

¹⁰Literally, "commandment." The text, which is faulty in the ms., has been amended as above by Smith.

¹¹Literally, "no Church is called."

¹²Or, "pattern."

¹³Literally, "great instruction."

¹⁴Some here follow a text similar to that of the longer recension.

¹⁵Both the text and meaning are here very doubtful; some follow the reading of the longer recension.

¹⁶Or, "conjunction."

¹⁷Or, "pattern."

¹⁸Literally, "I know many things in God."

¹⁹A different turn altogether is given to this passage in the longer recension.

²⁰1 Cor. i. 31.

²¹Or, "confirmed."

²²Omitted in the ms.

²³Or, "stations."

²⁴Literally, "passing by this;" but both text and meaning are doubtful.

²⁵eboulomhn apparently by mistake for edunamhn.

²⁶Literally, "passing by this;" but both text and meaning are very doubtful.

²⁷Or, "varieties of."

²⁸The ellipsis in the original is here very variously supplied.

²⁹Literally, "interweave."

³⁰Or, "sweetly."

³¹The construction is here difficult and doubtful.

³²1 Cor. i. 10.

³³Tit. i. 10.

³⁴Literally, "Christ-sellers."

³⁵2 Cor. ii. 17.

³⁶Literally, "sweet address."

³⁷Apost. Constitutions, vi. 13.

³⁸Supplied from the old Latin version.

³⁹Literally, "unseparated from."

⁴⁰This clause is inserted from the ancient Latin version.

⁴¹The text has "deacon."

⁴²Hos. v.1.

⁴³Prov. xviii. 9 (LXX).

⁴⁴Ps. lxxxv. 9.