Witchcraft [φ α ρ μ α κ ι α]. Or sorcery. Elsewhere only Revelation 18:23. From farmakon a drug. In LXX, see Exodus 7:11; Wisd. 12 4; Isaiah 47:9. Comp. Acts 19:19, perierga curious arts, note.

Wrath [θ υ μ ο ι]. Lit. wraths. See on John 3:36.

Strife [ε ρ ι θ ι α ι]. More correctly, factions. From eriqov a hired servant. Eriqia is, primarily, labor for hire (see Tob. 2 11), and is applied to those who serve in official positions for hire or for other selfish purposes,; and, in order to gain their ends, promote party spirit or faction. Seditions [δ ι χ ο σ τ α σ ι α ι]. Better, divisions. Only here and Romans 16:17. Once in LXX, 1 Macc. 3 29.

Heresies [α ι ρ ε σ ε ι ς]. In Paul only here and 1 Corinthians 11:19. See on 2 Peter 2:1. Parties, into which divisions crystallize.

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