John Bengel Commentary - Philippians 2:4 - 2:4

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John Bengel Commentary - Philippians 2:4 - 2:4


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Php 2:4. Μὴ τὰ ἑαυτῶν) not merely your own interest, nor on your own account: comp. Php 2:21.-μὴ τὰ-τὸ) Perverted usefulness is manifold; true usefulness is simple and one.[15] This is the difference between ΤᾺ and ΤῸ.[16]

[15] Therefore the plural, τὰ, is used in the former case; the singular, τὸ, in the latter: a distinction lost in the reading of the Engl. Vers.-ED.

[16] The margin of the older Ed., which has the suffrage of the Germ. Vers., prefers the reading μὴ τὰ-καὶ τὸ, but the margin of the 2d Ed. declares the reading τὸ, I know not whether at the beginning or end of the verse, not quite certain.-E. B.

None but inferior uncial MSS. read τὸ in the second position. ABC Vulg. and Rec. Text read καὶ τὰ. D corrected Gfg read τὰ τῶν.-ED.