κραιπάλῃ. ‘The giddiness of yesterday’s debauch’; the headache after drunkenness.—Lat. crapula.

μέθῃ. Only in St Paul and St Luke. Comp. Romans 13:13. Hence the exhortation “be sober,” νήψατε, 1 Peter 4:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:6.

μερίμναις. Comp. Matthew 13:22. The surfeit of yesterday; drunkenness of to-day; cares for to-morrow (Van Oosterzee). The verse recalls the traditional utterance of Christ, ἐν οἷς ἂν ὑμᾶς καταλάβω, ἐν τούτοις καὶ κρινῶ, in whatsoever things I shall find you, in those I will also judge you. Just. Mart. Dial. 47. Clem. Alex. Quis Div. Salv. 40 (Meyer).

βιωτικαῖς. Comp. 1 Corinthians 6:3. ἐπιστῇ. Luke 20:1.

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