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translates the passage “yet not really of any value to remedy indulgence of the flesh.” A
possible meaning is, “of no value in attempts at asceticism.” Some regard it as indicating
that the ascetic treatment of the body is not of any honor to the satisfaction of the flesh
(the reasonable demands of the body): this interpretation is unlikely. The following
paraphrase well presents the contrast between the asceticism which “practically treats the
body as an enemy, and the Pauline view which treats it as a potential instrument of a
righteous life”: ordinances, “which in fact have a specious look of wisdom (where there
is no true wisdom), by the employment of self-chosen acts of religion and humility (and)
by treating the body with brutality instead of treating it with due respect, with a view to
meeting and providing against over-indulgence of the flesh” (Parry, in the
) ! 5
!
).¶
For
INEXCUSABLE
see
EXCUSE
For
INFALLIBLE
see
PROOF
For
INFANT
see
BABE
INFERIOR
, or
(
4 1
, 2274), “to be less or inferior,” is used in the passive
voice, and translated “ye were made inferior,” in 2 Cor. 12:13,
RV
, for
KJV
, “ye were
inferior,” i.e., were treated with less consideration than other churches, through his
independence in not receiving gifts from them. In 2 Pet. 2:19, 20 it signifies to be
overcome, in the sense of being subdued and enslaved. See
OVERCOME
.¶ Cf.
,
“less,” 2 Cor. 12:15; in 1 Cor. 11:17, “worse”;¶
, “a loss, a spiritual defect,”
Rom. 11:12; 1 Cor. 6:7.¶ Also
, “to decrease, make lower,” John 3:30; Heb. 2:7,
9.¶
For
INFIDEL (
RV
, UNBELIEVER)
see
BELIEF
, C,
Note
(3)
INFIRMITY
1.
(
!
, 769), lit., “want of strength” ( , negative,
,
“strength”), “weakness,” indicating inability to produce results, is most frequently
translated “infirmity,” or “infirmities”; in Rom. 8:26, the
RV
has “infirmity” (
KJV
,
“infirmities”); in 2 Cor. 12:5, 9, 10, “weaknesses” and in 11:30, “weakness” (
KJV
,
“infirmities”); in Luke 13:11 the phrase “a spirit of infirmity” attributes her curvature
directly to satanic agency. The connected phraseology is indicative of trained medical
knowledge on the part of the writer.
2.
(
!
, 771), akin to No. 1, is found in the plural in Rom. 15:1,
“infirmities,” i.e., those scruples which arise through weakness of faith. The strong must
support the infirmities of the weak (
$
) by submitting to self-restraint.¶
Note:
In Luke 7:21,
KJV
,
, “a disease,” is translated “infirmities” (
RV
,
“diseases”).
INFLICTED
Note:
This is inserted in 2 Cor. 2:6 to complete the sentence; there is no
corresponding word in the original, which lit. reads “this punishment, the (one) by the
majority.”