Wherefore he saith (διο λεγε). Apparently a free adaptation of Isa 26:19; 60:1. The form αναστα for αναστηθ (second person singula…

Wherefore he says. Marginal note: or it. dio legei. The meaning may be either that the Lord says, or the Scripture says.…

Therefore he (or, it) says.—This phrase is used (as also in James 4:6) in Ephesians 4:8 to introduce a s…

For whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee l…

The same introductory formula as in 4:8 prefaces a poetical quotation. The lines form a metrical triplet in a rhythm that was specially associated …

Wherefore he saith. Interpreters take great pains to discover the passage of Scripture which Paul appears to quote, and which is found now…

Wherefore he says
Either the man that is light in the Lord, who reproves the unfruitful works of darkness; or else t…

Filthy lusts must be rooted out. These sins must be dreaded and detested. Here are not only cautions against blatant acts of sin, but also against …