To be among one's own people, and not to travel abroad. Only in this chapter. There is a play upon the words which might be expressed by at home , from home . The correct rendering is appearance . The word is not used actively in the sense of vision.
Faith is contrasted with the actual appearance of heavenly things.
Hence the marginal reading of the Rev. should go into the text. The same verbs as in ver. Used by Paul only, here, Rom. Labor is a feeble translation, not bringing out the idea of the end contemplated, as the motive of the toil. Rev., we make it our aim.