Verses:
1-3:
He should be instructed in the Word, which in itself is delightful.
[2]
4-7:
He should teach those that have the Word, and consequently are able to live according to the Divine commandments, but they do not so live; while with others it would be otherwise.
[2, 11]
8, 9:
He should not fear their obduracy,
[2]
10, 11:
but should teach them.
[2]
12, 13:
It is perceived that the state of the church has been changed entirely in respect to the Word and doctrine from the Word.
[2]
14, 15:
He was indignant that it should be so.
[2]
16, 17:
But that He might represent the Word,
[2]
18-21:
he would be guilty if He did not reveal their falsities and evils, and not guilty if He did reveal them.
[2]
22, 23:
It is according to the sense of the letter, which He must explain.
[2, 16]
24-27:
He must not speak from Himself, but from the Lord.
[16]