Because thou sayest. Connect, as A. V. and Rev., with what follows, not with what precedes. Some interpret I will spue thee out of my mouth because thou sayest, etc.

Increased with goods [π ε π λ ο υ τ η κ α]. Rev., have gotten riches. The reference is to imagined spiritual riches, not to worldly possessions. Thou. Emphatic.

Wretched [ο τ α λ α ι π ω ρ ο ς]. Rev., better, giving the force of the article, the wretched one. From tlaw to endure, and peira a trial.

Miserable [ε λ ε ε ι ν ο ς]. Only here and 1 Corinthians 5:19. An object of pity [ε λ ε ο ς].

Poor [π τ ω χ ο ς]. See on Matthew 5:3.

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