παρακαλεῖν
] not to exhort (Musculus), but to comfort; comp.
ἵνα
μὴ
λυπῆσθε
, 1Th_4:13.
λόγοι
] denotes nothing more than words. Erroneously Aretius, Flatt, Pelt, Olshausen, and others: principles or doctrines (of faith). And
ἐν
τοῖς
λόγοις
τούτοις
denotes on the ground of these or the above words.