26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.



Ver. 26. Recover themselves] áíáíçøùóé . Put away their spiritual drunkenness, 1Sa_1:14, and go forth and shake themselves, as Samson, out of sin’s lethargy. "Out of the snare of the devil," i.e. heretical doctrines or sensual pleasures; both which do intoxicate men’s brains and make them dead drunk.



Taken alive] But to be destroyed, 2Pe_2:12, without repentance unto life, Act_11:18. Åæùãñçìåíïé , taken alive, and in hunting.