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8. λοιπὸν ἀπόκειταί μοι κ.τ.λ. Henceforth is laid up for me the crown of righteousness.
λοιπὸν is used here (as at Act 27:20) in its strict sense of from this time forward, henceforth, for the time that remains; it is sometimes used in a looser sense to introduce a clause, = ‘moreover,’ ‘finally’ &c. (1Co 1:16; 1Co 4:2; 2Co 13:11; 1Th 4:1 &c.).
For the use of ἀπόκεισθαι cp. Col 1:5, διὰ τὴν ἐλπίδα τὴν ἀποκειμένην ὑμῖν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, and 2Ma 12:45.
ὁ τῆς δικαιοσύνης στέφανος, the crown of righteousness, sc. (probably) the crown appropriate to the righteous man, and belonging to righteousness. The force of the gen. would thus be quite different from that which it has in ‘the crown of life’ (Jam 1:12; Rev 2:10) or ‘the crown of glory’ (1Pe 5:4). If we take these phrases as strictly parallel, the reward spoken of here would be righteousness, as a crown. See the note on 1Ti 6:12.
ὃν ἀποδώσει μοι ὁ κύριος ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, which the Lord, sc. Christ, will give to me in that day, sc. the day of the last Judgement. For ἀποδιδόναι in such a context cp. Rom 2:6; ἀπό suggests the idea of requital or reward. For the phrase ἐκείνη ἡ ἡμέρα cp. 2Ti 1:12; 2Ti 1:18 and 2Th 1:10.
ὁ δίκαιος κριτής, the righteous judge. The title goes back to Psa 7:11; cp. also 2Ma 12:6; 2Ma 12:41 and 2Th 1:5.
οὐ μόνον δὲ ἐμοὶ ἀλλὰ καὶ κ.τ.λ. For this form of expression cp. 1Ti 5:13 and 3Ma 3:23.
πᾶσι τοῖς ἠγαπηκόσι τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν αὐτοῦ, to all those who have loved, and do love, His appearing. For ἐπιφάνεια see note on 1Ti 6:14. “The remark of Calvin is gravely suggestive; ‘e fidelium numero excludit quibus formidabilis est Christi adventus’: thus then we may truly say with Leo, ‘habemus hic lapidem Lydium, quo examinemus corda nostra’ ” (Ellicott).