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xi.xix.xi-p73.12

xi.xix.xi-p73.1289 words

24. Here, as elsewhere, hope and love follow faith; the Pauline triad of Christian graces.

consider—with the mind attentively fixed on "one another" (see on Heb 3:1), contemplating with continual consideration the characters and wants of our brethren, so as to render mutual help and counsel. Compare "consider," Ps 41:1, and Heb 12:15, "(All) looking diligently lest any fail of the grace of God."

to provokeGreek, "with a view to provoking unto love," instead of provoking to hatred, as is too often the case.