Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
Ver. 2. And keep the ordinances] Gr. the traditions or doctrines by word of mouth. These are, 1. Dogmatic, concerning faith and practice, 2 Thessalonians 2:15; 2 Thessalonians 2:1,17. Ritual; and these again are, 1. Perpetual, as that of the manner of administering the two sacraments. 2. Temporary, as that of abstaining from certain meats, Acts 15:28,29. And those other pertaining to the observing of external order and decency in Church assemblies. And of these the apostle here speaketh. (Sclater.)