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Mathetes
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Introductory Note to the Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus
[281] Literally, “paradoxical.”
[282] Literally, “cast away fœtuses.”
[283] Otto omits “bed,” which is an emendation, and gives the second “common” the sense of unclean.
[284] Comp.2 Cor. x. 3.
[285] Comp. Phil. iii. 20.
[286] Comp. 2 Cor. vi. 9.
[287] Comp. 2 Cor. vi. 10.
[288] Comp.2 Cor. iv. 12.
Chapter VI.—The relation of Christians to the world.
[290] Comp. 1 Pet. ii. 11.
[291] Literally, “keeps together.”
[292] Literally, “keeps together.”
[293] Literally, “incorruption.”
[294] Or, “though punished, increase in number daily.”
Chapter VII.—The manifestation of Christ.
[295] Literally, “mysteries.”
[296] Literally, “elements.”
[297] The word “sun,” though omitted in the mss., should manifestly be inserted.
[298] Literally, “has received to observe.”
[299] Literally, “one of men.”
[300] “God” here refers to the person sent.
[301] [Comp. Mal. iii. 2. The Old Testament is frequently in mind, if not expressly quoted by Mathetes.] A considerable gap here occurs in the mss.
Chapter VIII.—The miserable state of men before the coming of the Word.
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