And there is more in it than that. Not
only do we ' feel ' unfit ; we actually are
unfit. As for the voice of va-Tepovvrai, it
is worth while to observe that 'sense'
verbs in early Greek are very apt to be
' middle.' There is in them an element of
' reflexive ' force. A careful consideration
of the places where varepelv and xxTrfptZ-
a-0ai are found in the New Testament,



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'of the glory of God^ 171

seems to give good reason for thinking
that the former means ' to be behind,' and
the latter 'to feel want,' or to 'feel oneself
behind.' Yet it is not wholly certain. St
Luke XV. 14 and 1 Cor. xii. 24 might be
taken as examples of the meaning of ' con-
scious' want or 'conscious' failing. It
seems reasonable to suppose that the Divine
' Glory * is an expression for God's realised
Holiness. He has said " Ye shall be holy,
fof I am holy," but unhappy man in his
heart is only too well aware he is nothing
of the sort. Before the amazing splendour
of that transcendent Holiness he stands
completely abashed. The " glory of God"
however might mean that moral dignity
which the great Creator meant His creature
man to have. But the other interpretation
iappears to be the likelier. Verse 24 is full
of important technical terms. Xo^is means
(in strict accordance with regular Pauline
usage) the 'undeserved favour' of God.
