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After the manner of men (ἀνθρώπινον)
Lit., what is human, popularly. He seems to have felt that the figures of service, bondage, etc., were unworthy of the subject, and apologizes for his use of the image of the slave mart to enforce such a high spiritual truth, on the ground of their imperfect spiritual comprehension. Compare 2Co 2:6; 1Co 3:1, 1Co 3:2.
To iniquity unto iniquity (τῇ ἀνομίᾳ εἰς τὴν ἀνομίαν)
Iniquity issuing in an abiding iniquitous state. Lit., lawlessness. It is used by John as the definition of sin, 1Jo 3:4.
Holiness (ἁγιασμόν)
Rev., sanctification. For the kindred adjective ἅγιος holy, see on saints, Act 26:10. Ἁγιασμός is used in the New Testament both of a process - the inauguration and maintenance of the life of fellowship with God, and of the resultant state of sanctification. See 1Th 4:3, 1Th 4:7; 2Th 2:13; 1Ti 2:15; 1Pe 1:2; Heb 12:14. It is difficult to determine which is meant here. The passages in Thessalonians, Timothy, and Hebrews, are cited by interpreters on both sides. As in Rom 6:22 it appears that sanctification contemplates a further result (everlasting life), it is perhaps better to understand it as the process. Yield your members to righteousness in order to carry on the progressive work of sanctification, perfecting holiness (1Co 7:1).