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Col 3:5. Νεκρώσατε, Mortify[21]) [not knowing to spare.[22]-V. g.]-τὰ αέλη, your members) of which united the body of sin consists, ch. Col 2:11. [Here all impurity, without exception, is repelled and excluded.-V. g.]-ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, upon the earth) where they find their support. These things are presently enumerated.-πορνείαν, κ.τ.λ., fornication, etc.) Eph 5:3-4.-πάθος, passion [inordinate affection]) the disorder of lust within.-ἐπιθυμίαν, concupiscence) the disorder of the external senses.-τὴν πλεονεξίαν, covetousness) The article has the effect of Epitasis [an emphatic addition], and includes the whole genus of vice, which is different from the genus of the species just now enumerated. Avarice most of all makes men cling to the earth.
[21] Lit. Punish with every kind of death.
[22] Strangers to all tender-heartedness, such as would lead you to spare the flesh.-ED.