having men’s persons in admiration] Literally, admiring persons. The phrase, which is a somewhat stronger form of the more familiar “accepting persons” (James 2:1; Gal. 2:6; Matt. 22:16) occurs in the LXX. of Gen. 19:21; Lev. 19:15. The temper characterised is that which fawns as in wondering admiration on the great, while all the time the flatterer is simply seeking what profit he can get out of him whom he flatters. 17. remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles …] The passage