Lest haply your hearts be overcharged

(μη ποτε βαρηθωσιν α καρδια υμων). First aorist passive subjunctive of βαρεω, an old verb to weigh down, depress, with μη ποτε.With surfeiting

(εν κρεπαλη). A rather late word, common in medical writers for the nausea that follows a debauch. Latin crapula, the giddiness caused by too much wine. Here only in the N.T.Drunkenness

(μεθη). From μεθυ (wine). Old word but in the N.T. only here and Romans 13:13; Galatians 5:21.Cares of this life

(μεριμναις βιωτικαις). Anxieties of life. The adjective βιωτικος is late and in the N.T. only here and 1 Corinthians 6:3.Come on you

(επιστη). Second aorist active subjunctive of εφιστημ, ingressive aorist. Construed also with μη ποτε.Suddenly

(εφνιδιος). Adjective in predicate agreeing with ημερα (day).As a snare

(ως παγις). Old word from πηγνυμ, to make fast a net or trap. Paul uses it several times of the devil's snares for preachers (1 Timothy 3:7; 2 Timothy 2:26).

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Old Testament