‏ Hebrews 10:24

 Let us consider one another ( κατανοωμεν αλληλους ). Present (keep on doing so) active volitive subjunctive of  κατανοεω. The verb used about Jesus in 3:1.

 To provoke ( εις παροξυσμον ). Our very word "paroxysm," from  παροξυνω ( παρα, οξυνω from  οξυς, sharp), to sharpen, to stimulate, to incite. So here in good sense (for incitement to), but in Ac 15:39 the word is used of irritation or contention as in the LXX and Demosthenes. Hippocrates uses it for "paroxysm" in disease (so in the papyri).

 Unto love and good works ( αγαπης κα καλων εργων ). Objective genitive. So Paul seeks to stir up the Corinthians by the example of the Macedonians (2Co 8:1-7).

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