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20. οὕτως δὲ κ.τ.λ. qualifying πεπληρωκέναι:= but always with the eager desire.
φιλοτιμούμενον. This word is a good illustration of meaning determined by use, rather than by derivation. The primary (derivative) sense is ‘to be ambitious’: in the ‘general usage of the best Greek writers’= ‘to make one’s best efforts.’ So. 2Co 5:9 a heightening of θαρροῦμεν καὶ εὐδοκοῦμεν; 1Th 4:11 (only, in N.T.); cf. Polyb. I. 83 (qu. Field) ἐφιλοτιμεῖτο |[306] μεγάλην ἐποιεῖτο σπουδήν.
[306] | parallel to
οὐχ ὅπου ὠνομάσθη Χρ. Cf. Eph 1:21; cf. Jer 32:15 (Jer 25:29) = was named as an object of allegiance and worship; cf. 1Co 1:2; Isa 66:19.
ἵνα μὴ ἐπ' ἀλλ. θ. οἰκ. Cf. 2Co 10:15 and for θεμ. 1Co 3:10; ἀλλ. = laid by another.