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Against Celsus
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[3605] λοιδορίας μᾶλλον ἢ κατηγορίας.
[3606] The allusion is to the practice of wealthy Greeks and Romans having among their slaves artificers of various kinds, for whose service there was constant demand in the houses and villas of the rich, and who therefore had their residence in or near the dwelling of their master. Many of these artificers seem, from the language of Celsus, to have been converts to Christianity.
[3607] Παράστησον τοὺς διδασκάλους ἄλλους παρὰ τοὺς φιλοσοφίας διδασκάλους, ἢ τοὺς κατά τι τῶν χρησίμων πεποιημένους.
[3608] φωνὴν συνετός.
[3609] [Much is to be gathered from this and the following chapters, of the evangelical character of primitive preaching and discipline.]
[3610] ἁπλῶς.
[3611] εὐδαιμονίαν.
[3612] μακαριότητα.
[3613] Cf. 1 Cor. ii. 6.
[3614] Wisdom of Solomon 1.4.
[3615] Cf. Ps. cxli. 2.
[3616] Cf. 1 Cor. ii. 7.
[3619] Cf. 2 Tim. i. 10.
[3620] τὸ ἡγεμονικόν.
[3621] ἀψευδῆ.
[3622] συκοφαντῶν.
[3623] [The reproaches of the scoffer are very instructive as to the real nature of the primitive dealing with sinners and with sin.]
[3624] ὑπεξαιρομένου τοῦ κατὰ τὸν ᾽Ιησοῦν νοουμένου ἀνθρώπου.
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