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From them that are without (apo tōn exōthen). “From the outside (of the church) ones.” Paul’s care for the witness of outsiders is seen in 1Th 4:12; 1Co 10:32; Col 4:5. There are, of course, two sides to this matter.
Reproach (oneidismon). Late word from oneidizō. See note on Rom 15:3.
The snare of the devil (pagida tou diabolou). Here subjective genitive, snare set by the devil. Pagis, old word from pēgnumi, to make fast. So a snare for birds (Luk 21:35), any sudden trap (Rom 11:9), of sin (1Ti 6:9), of the devil (1Ti 3:7; 2Ti 2:26). Ancients used it of the snares of love. The devil sets special snares for preachers (conceit 1Ti 3:6, money 1Ti 6:9, women, ambition).