Verse 3
no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
The best comment on these terms is perhaps the basic definitions of the Greek words from which they have been translated, although the meaning comes through clearly enough in their English derivatives. The following definitions are from Wuest:[21]
Brawler: a fighter, a contentious person, one who goes about with a chip on his shoulder.Striker: this noun speaks of a bruiser, one who is ready with a blow, a pugnacious, contentious, quarrelsome person.
Gentle: means one who is kind, considerate and sensitive to the feelings of others, not harsh, rude or blunt in his behavior.
Not covetous, no lover of money: the word AVARICIOUS may be used to translate the thought here.
Striker ... The current application of this word to participants in labor disputes should not cloud the meaning here. Even as late as the times of Sir Walter Scott, a striker was one who went around thumping people on the head with a quarterstaff. "Skull-breakers" is a synonym.
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