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2Pe 1:9. Γὰρ, for) in its proper sense.-τυφλός ἐστι, κ.τ.λ., he is blind, etc.) The steps of his relapses are depicted by a choice retrogression or inversion of style. Such a Man 1:1) forgets that he was cleansed from his sins, which are past; 2) he is dim-sighted as to present privileges, 2Pe 1:12; 2 Peter 3) he is altogether blind as to those that are future, 2Pe 1:11. The inversion of the style consists in this, that the reference to past time in the text is put in the last place, whereas according to the nature of the subject it should be said, past, present, future.-μυωπάζων, dim-sighted) Hesychius, μυωπάζων, ὀφθαλμιῶν affected with ophthalmia.-λήθην λαβὼν) having obtained forgetfulness. A most appropriate phrase, the participle having obtained expressing that which the man willingly undergoes; comp. note on Rom 5:19. He who reflects how many are the old sins from which he has been cleansed, the more easily abstains.