Verse 22
22. love—the leader of the band of graces ( :-).
gentleness—Greek, "benignity," conciliatory to others; whereas "goodness," though ready to do good, has not such suavity of manner [JEROME]. ALFORD translates, "kindness."
faith—"faithfulness"; opposed to "heresies" [BENGEL]. ALFORD refers to :-, "Believeth all things": faith in the widest sense, toward God and man. "Trustfulness" [CONYBEARE and HOWSON].
Be the first to react on this!