Romans 15:20

οὕτως δὲ κ.τ.λ. qualifying πεπληρωκέναι:= but always with the eager desire.

φιλοτιμούμενον. This word is a good illustration of meaning determined by use, rather than by derivation. The primary (derivative) sense is ‘to be ambitious’: in the ‘general usage of the best Greek writers’= ‘to make one’s best efforts.’ So. 2 Corinthians 5:9 a heightening of θαρροῦμεν καὶ εὐδοκοῦμεν; 1 Thessalonians 4:11 (only, in N.T.); cf. Polyb. I. 83 (qu. Field) ἐφιλοτιμεῖτο |[306] μεγάλην ἐποιεῖτο σπουδήν.

[306] | parallel to

οὐχ ὅπου ὠνομάσθη Χρ. Cf. Ephesians 1:21; cf. Jeremiah 32:15 (Jeremiah 25:29) = was named as an object of allegiance and worship; cf. 1 Corinthians 1:2; Isaiah 66:19.

ἵνα μὴ ἐπ' ἀλλ. θ. οἰκ. Cf. 2 Corinthians 10:15 and for θεμ. 1 Corinthians 3:10; ἀλλ. = laid by another.