182 EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS .

custom with some, but using exhortation , and that so much the

see
more as ye the day drawing nigh

and
thus shown them what they must avoid
It what
is Chris

to
they must practise order secure this wholesome

in
,
upon another They must beware

of
tian influence one man

en
laxity religious

on
of

attendance assemblies and

in

. ' ,
Emlouva

of
courage the practice Christian exhortation

. .
by
of
yoryń has been here interpreted the church Böhme

,
g
e
the sense you are not forsake the poor persecuted
in

to
:

flock the societas render faithful

Christiana but

to
,

",

it
“

by

not intermit your

you

to
assistance and Bleek are
;

:
But this interpretation
its

of
on

charitable exertions behalf

ÉTTLOvvaywyn inadmissible The church always styled .
is

is
.

εκκλησία and the term επισυναγωγή never applied the

or is

to
,

religious community whether Jewish Christian occurs

toù It
,

.
once only pre Christian literature écouvaywyny laoû
in

,
-

of (

the regathering

of
Macc and there used the
),

is
. , ii
2

7
.
.

and only once more

of

Diaspora that the New Testament

in

and there applied the gathering together

to

Thess
ii
),
of (2

1
.

the saints around the Lord His second coming

at

ucov

(
ém

ÉTTLOUVaywyns aŭtóv
In

accordance with both these

'

.
of )

passages the meaning élo Uvayoyń be

an
our text will
in
,

assembling together for church purposes for common worship

,

,
Bengel and even Prima
as

church assembly but not

,
i.e
a

-
.

(
his

sius with congregationem take church fellow

,

fidelium
, -
, it)
So

Tholuck De Wette Ebrard Lüne

or

ship communion
,
(
.

mann Hofmann The difference between ÉTTLO Uvaywyń and

,

.)

710

HD

ovvaywyn probably
of

similar that cætus and

to
is

for
to

ecclesia érykataNeíTEL TNV mlouvay does not mean

:

.
(

by

by

sake the public assembly

. of

the church going out but

; ,

comp
of

failure xiii Cor

ch

attendance Tim
iv
;
5

2
.
.

.
.

.
(

Our author probably Irlo Uvaywyn here

10

16

uses
iv

,
.

).

simply avoid the Judaic sounding term ovvaywyn which

is
to

,
-

applied once only Christian assembly the New Tes

to

in
a

the Epistle
of

tament and that James Contrast

St

. .ii
in
,

9 2
.

.) ).
. (

evi
iii

with this the ouvaywyn toll Eatavā

of

Rev
It
is

dent the kalòs that not absolute apos

is

from Oos TioLv

it
é

tasy which the sacred writer has here view but simply such
in