Rom 16:17 | RWP | e4.org | Mark ( σκοπειτε ). Keep an eye on so as to avoid. Σκοπος is the goal, σκοπεω means keeping your eye on the goal. Divisions ( διχοστασιας ). Old word for "standings apart," cleavages. In N.T. only here and . Those which are causing ( τουσ--ποιουντας ). This articular participle clause has within it not only the objects of the participle but the relative clause ην υμεις εμαθετε (which you learned), a thoroughly Greek idiom.

‏ Romans 16:17

Mark ( σκοπειτε ). Keep an eye on so as to avoid. Σκοπος is the goal, σκοπεω means keeping your eye on the goal.

Divisions ( διχοστασιας ). Old word for "standings apart," cleavages. In N.T. only here and Ga 5:20.

Those which are causing ( τουσ--ποιουντας ). This articular participle clause has within it not only the objects of the participle but the relative clause ην υμεις εμαθετε (which you learned), a thoroughly Greek idiom.