, in
such contexts as this, where it stands more or less distinguished from
the _pneuma_, it is not a synonym for "the body." Sins of "the flesh"
may be sins purely of the mind, as e.g. "emulation" (Gal. v. 20).

[7] I thus attempt to convey the emphasis of the words _ouk en sarki
pepoithotes_, which is not precisely as if he had written _en sarki_.

[8] _Peritoue_: a dative of reference, a frequent construction with St
Paul. See Rom. xii. 10-12 for several examples together.

[9] See Trench, _Synonyms_, Sec. xxxix., for the special meanings of
_Israelites_, the member of the Covenant-people; _Ebraios_, the Jew who
was true to his inmost national traditions; and _Ioudaios_, the Jew
merely as other than the Gentile.

[10] The article is absent; but context leaves no doubt of the special
reference here.

[11] In solemn contrast but with perfect consistency, from another
point of view--that not of the Pharisee but of GOD--he can point out
elsewhere that "no flesh" can possibly claim "righteousness" on the
ground of fulfilment of code and precept. See especially Rom. iii. 19,
20. But his business here is to meet the legalist on the legalist's
own ground.

[12] Notice the _plural_; as if, miser-like, he had counted his bags of
treasure. And then see the contrasted _singular_, _Xemian_: he finds
them all _one mass of loss_.

[13] _Skubala_: the Greek etymologists derived the word from _kusi
balein_, "to cast to dogs." Otherwise it is traced to a connexion with
_skor_, "excrement."

[14] Practically, he means "that I _might_ gain," in the past
transaction of conversion and surrender. He thinks the past over again.

[15] Lit., "faith of," _pisteos Christou_. This use of the genitive
with _pistis_, to denote its object, is frequent. Cp. e.g. Mark xi.
22; Gal. ii. 16, 20.

[16] Even as the benefit of food is conditioned to us by our (not
buying but) eating it.

[17] See the whole hymn (rendered from Lavater's _O Jesu Christe, wachs
in mir_) in _Hymns of Consecration_, 295.

"We will dwell on Calvary's mountain
Where the flocks of Zion feed,
Oft resorting to that fountain
Open'd when our Lord did bleed;
Thence deriving
Grace, and life, and holiness."
_From the Moravian Hymn-book_.

_CHRISTIAN STANDING AND CHRISTIAN PROGRESS_

"I want that adorning divine
Thou only, my God, can'st bestow;
I want in those beautiful garments to shine
Which