human soul is represented as a chariot drawn by two horses, one drawing up and the other down. 24. Wretched (ταλαίπωρος). Originally, wretched through the exhaustion of hard labor. Who (τίς). Referring to personal deliverer. Body of this death (τοῦ σώματος τοῦ θανάτου τούτου). The body serving as the seat of the death into which the soul is sunk through the power of sin. The body is the literal body, regarded as the principal instrument which sin uses to enslave and destroy the soul. In explaining
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