Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Contention (filoneikia). An old word from filoneikov, fond of strife, eagerness to contend. Only here in the N.T.
Greatest (meizwn). Common use of the comparative as superlative.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 18:1
Matthew 23:6
Mark 9:35
Mark 12:39
Luke 22:23
John 13:4
John 15:17
John 17:11
Acts 22:30
1 Thessalonians 4:1
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