5. guile--So ANDREAS in one copy. But A, B,
C, ORIGEN, and ANDREAS in
other copies read, "falsehood." Compare with English Version
reading
Ps 32:2;
Isa 53:9;
Joh 1:47.
for--So B, Syriac, Coptic, ORIGEN,
and ANDREAS read. But A and C omit.
without fault--Greek, "blameless": in respect to the
sincerity of their fidelity to Him. Not absolutely, and in themselves
blameless; but regarded as such on the ground of His
righteousness in whom alone they trusted, and whom they faithfully
served by His Spirit in them. The allusion seems to be to
Ps 15:1, 2.
Compare
Re 14:1,
"stood on Mount Sion."
before the throne of God--A, B, C, Syriac, Coptic,
ORIGEN, and ANDREAS omit
these words. The oldest Vulgate manuscript supports them.
JFB.
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