ἔχουσαι κρίμα : deserving censure. There is no special force in ἔχουσαι, as Ell. explains, “bearing about with them a judgment, viz., that they broke their first faith”. This seems forced and unnatural. ἔχειν κρίμα is correlative to λαμβάνεσθαι κρίμα (Mark 12:40; Luke 20:47; Romans 13:2; James 3:1). They have condemnation because, etc., habentes damnationem quia (Vulg. [281]). κρίμα of course by itself means, judgment; but where the context, as here, implies that the judgment is a sentence of guiltiness, it is reasonable so to translate it.

[281] Speculum

τὴν πρώτην πίστιν : This has been already explained. On the use of πρῶτος for πρότερος see Blass, Gram. p. 34.

ἠθέτησαν : annulled, irritam fecerunt (Vulg. [282]).

[282] Speculum

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