Phili 4:5 | RWP | e4.org | Your forbearance ( το επιεικες υμων ). "Your gentleness," "your sweet reasonableness" (Matthew Arnold), "your moderation." Old adjective ( επι, εικος ) as in ; . Article and neuter singular here= η επιεικεια ( ; ) like to χρηστον in . The Lord is at hand ( ο κυριος εγγυς ). "The Apostle's watchword" (Lightfoot), as in ( Μαραν αθα , Aramaic equivalent, Our Lord cometh). Unless, indeed, εγγυς here means near in space instead of nigh in time.

‏ Philippians 4:5

Your forbearance ( το επιεικες υμων ). "Your gentleness," "your sweet reasonableness" (Matthew Arnold), "your moderation." Old adjective ( επι, εικος ) as in Jas 3:17; 1Ti 3:3. Article and neuter singular here= η επιεικεια (Ac 24:4; 2Co 10:1) like to χρηστον in Ro 2:4.

The Lord is at hand ( ο κυριος εγγυς ). "The Apostle's watchword" (Lightfoot), as in 1Co 16:22 ( Μαραν αθα, Aramaic equivalent, Our Lord cometh). Unless, indeed, εγγυς here means near in space instead of

nigh in time.