Note 20 — Chapter VII

There is no practical doubt that εἰ δὲ not ἴde ("Behold") is the right reading here.

[21] Μόρφωσις: we need not understand by this word a reference to mere formalism. Μορφή on the contrary regularly means shape expressive of underlying substance. And μόρφωσις means not shape but shaping. He means that the Pharisee really has, in the Law, God's formed and formative model of knowledge and reality. Still, 2 Tim. iii. 5 justifies our also seeing here a side suggestion of the possibility of dissociating even the divine model from the corresponding "power."

[22] Τῦς γνώσεως, τῦς ἀληθείας:—the adjective "real" in our rendering represents the Greek definite article, though with a slight exaggeration.

[23] Τὸν Θεόν. We represent the definite article here by "your," and just below by "our"; not without hesitation, as it somewhat exaggerates the definition.

[24] See A. M'Caul's Old Paths (נתיבות עולם), p. 230, etc.

[25] So Bernard, Sermo in Cœnâ, c. 2.

[26] See Sententiæ, iv., iv., 3-7.