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Open beforehand (προδηλοί)
A.V. wrong in giving πρὸ a temporal force, whereas it merely strengthens δηλοί evident, manifest. The meaning is openly manifested to all eyes. In N.T. only here, 1Ti 5:25, and Heb 7:14. In lxx, see Judith 8:29; 2 Macc. 3:17; 14:39.
Going before to judgment (προάγουσαι εἰς κρίσιν)
Προάγειν, oP. In N.T. habitually with a local meaning, either intransitive, as Mat 2:9; Mat 14:22; Mar 11:9; or transitive, as Act 12:6; Act 17:5. The meaning here is that these open sins go before their perpetrator to the judgment-seat like heralds, proclaiming their sentence in advance. Κρίσιν, not specifically of the judgment of men or of the final judgment of God, or of the sentence of an ecclesiastical court - but indefinitely. The writer would say: no judicial utterance is necessary to condemn them of these sins. The word in Paul, only 2Th 1:5.
They follow after (ἐπακολουθοῦσιν)
The verb only here, 1Ti 5:24, 1Pe 2:21, and (the disputed) Mar 16:20. The sins follow up the offender to the bar of judgment, and are first made openly manifest there.