PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Expositor's Greek Testament — Volume 3
Nicoll, W. Robertson (editor), 1851-1923 · 383,339 words · 613 reading sections
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275 The gift in question is the special gift of knowledge or insight, hence the figure of the eyes. The knowledge isa spiritual knowledge; hence “ the eyes of theheart,” καρδία being the “inner man,” the seat and centre of the mental and spiritual life, with special reference at times to the faculty of intellig…
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iRom. xi. δ᾽ κλήσεως ᾿ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τίς) ὁ "πλοῦτος τῆς ᾿δόξης τῆς "κληρονομίας 29; Phil. iil. 14. k See ver. 7 reff. 1 Col. i. 27. m Ver. 14 reff.; constr., here only. see Job xv. 11. r=Ver. 5; Col. i. 11. τ αὐτοῦ ἐν τοῖς " ἁγίοις, 19. καὶ τί τὸ " ὑπερβάλλον 3 "ἢ μέγεθος τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ “eis ἡμᾶς ὅ τοὺς πισ…
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as force, mastery, power as shown in_ action: ἰσχύς is power as inherent, as possessed, but passive. The phrase, therefore, means “the efficiency of the active power which expresses inherent might". This again is best understood as defining the whole preceding state- ment, not as belonging simply to the πιστεύο…
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Ver. 21. ὑπεράνω πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας καὶ δυνάμεως καὶ κυριότητος: over above all rule, and authority, and power, and lordship. ‘The intensive force “far above” is given to the ὑπεράνω by Chrys., Theoph., Stier, the AV, the RV, etc. But it can scarcely be sustained in face of the actual use of the word in H…
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1. literature it took strange and elaborate forms. But between these and the simple statements of the NT there is no real like- ness, and there is nothing here to point certainly either to an ascending scale or to a descending. Itis held by some indeed (e.g., patsy that the angelic authorities are named here ac…
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279 οὐ µόνον ἐν τῷ 5 αἰῶνι τούτῳ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τῷ ἢ µέλλοντι: 22. καὶ g Matt. πάντα | ὑπέταξεν ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ, καὶ αὐτὸν "ἔδωκεν Ικεφαλὴν h Matt. xii. 32; Heb. vi. 5. Heb. viii. 10, x. 16; Rev. passim. 19 only. but also in that which is to come. The statement of Christ’s absolute and un- matched supremacy i…
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Ver. 22. καὶ πάντα ὑπέταξεν ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ: and He put all things under His feet. The ὑπέταξεν is coordinate with the previousévyipynoe. Thesetwo things God did: He wrought His mighty power in raising and exalting Christ and He sub- jected all things to Him. The idea ex- pressed by the ὑπέταξεν here is not…
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22—23. still that of the Headship of Christ over all things. Having that supremacy He is given by God to the Church, and as given in the capacity of universal Head He is given to the Church as her Head also. Ver. 23. ἥτις ἐστὶν τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ : which is His body. The ἥτις (not ἥ) introduces a profound statement…
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281 “royal priesthood” (1 Pet. ii. 9) and the ‘Church of the Firstborn ” (Heb. xii. 23). It is this supreme idea of the Church as a spiritual order the essence of which is a living relation to Christ, that receives further expression in the profound sen- tence with which the paragraph closes. The great difficul…
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retations on some of the cases. The idea, however, that results from allowing πλήρωμα to have the active sense here is not germane to the general scope of the paragraph. That idea is that the Church is that which makes Christ Himself com- plete. A head, however perfect in itself, if it is without members, is som…
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283 II. 1. Καὶ ὑμᾶς 1 ὄντας “νεκροὺς τοῖς " παραπτώµασιν καὶ ταῖς a—John ν. ὃς ~ 25; Rom. > ἁμαρτίαις," 2. ἐν ais ποτὲ ὃ “ περιεπατήσατε “ κατὰ τὸν “ αἰῶνα τοῦ xi. 15; 3 ο = Col. ii. ἁκόσμου τούτου, “κατὰ τὸν °dpxovta τῆς ‘ ἐξουσίας τοῦ “ἀέρος, τοῦ 13; Rev. b Here only; παρ. Matt. vi. 14. d Here only ; see Gal. …
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284 τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος : according to the prince of the power of the air. A yet darker colour is now given to the descrip- tion of the former heathen walk of those addressed. Their life was determined and shaped by the master of all evil, the supreme ruler of all the powers of wicked- ness. The terms obviou…
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Il. world” as dwelling in the firmament (Ascens. Isa., 10) ; of the “ air” as peopled by souls (Philo, Gig., i. 263). But even these form very partial analogies, and the passages in the Book of Enoch (ch. xv., 1ο, II, 12; xvi., 1), which have been taken to refer to the subject, are of un- certain interpretation…
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' y ; ο-- 0ο]. i. 21; ch. iv. 18; see note. John i. 12 al.; Rom. ix. 8; ch. v. 8; 1 Pet. i. 14; 2 Pet. ii. 14; Isa. ἵν]. 4. ri Thess. iv. 13, ν. 6; 1 Tim. ν. 20; Rev. xi. 13 al. 285 πνεύματος τοῦ νῦν ' ἐνεργοῦντος ἐν τοῖς " υἱοῖς τῆς " ἀπειθείας, 3. ἐν h=Luke ix. 55; Rom. Vili. 15; 1 Cor. iv. 2132 Tim. i. 7; …
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486 s=here only ; see Il. 4. ὃ δὲ Beds, "πλούσιος ὢν 'ἐν] " ἐλέει, διὰ τὴν πολλὴν ἀγάπην ἢ. 1.7, 18, αὐτοῦ 2 "ἣν ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς, 5. καὶ ὄντας ἡμᾶς ὃ “ νεκροὺς τοῖς tConstr.,1 αν A Tim. vi. παραπτωµασιν 18; James ana u Rom. ix. 23 al.; Luke i. passim. w Ver. 1. x Col. ii. 13 only {. 4x 1Omit εν Ν. συνεζωοποί…
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= ee | the ἡμεῖς πάντες were in the condition of subjection to the Divine wrath; and that they were so not by deed merely, nor by circumstance, nor by passing into it, but by nature. Their universal sin has been already affirmed. This universal sin is now described as sin by nature. Beyond this Paul does not go…
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287 “through” it, as Luther puts it) that He acts with us as He does. The ἡμᾶς has the widest sense here—all of us, whether Jew or Gentile. Ver. 5. Kal ὄντας ἡμᾶς νεκροὺς Tots παραπτώμασιν : even when we were dead by our trespasses. The condition of death in which we are by nature is now re- affirmed, and in a…
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2 Col. ii. 12, μένοι) 6. καὶ "συνήγειρεν καὶ ᾿ συνεκάθισεν ἐν τοῖς " ἐπουρανίοις ἐν iii. 1 only; Exod. xxiii. 5 alex. a Trans., here only, intr., Luke xxii. 55; Exod. xviii. 13. ix. 16; 1 Tim. i. 16 al(§), but Paul only. e Ch. i. 19 reff. f Ch. i. 7 reff. χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ," 7. ἵνα “ἐνδείξηται ἐν τοῖς τὸ " ὑπερβάλ…
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hat is meant by the τοῖς αἰῶσιν τοῖς ἐπερχομένοις ἢ Some give it the widest possible sense, ¢g., per omne vestrum tempus reliquum quum in hac vita tum in futura quoque (Morus), “the succes- sively arriving ages and generations from that time to the second coming of Christ” (Ell.). But it is rather another form o…
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ὃ ποιηματα 47. able idea results—the opportune reminder that even their faith, in which at least they might think there was something of their own, has its origin in God’s grace, not in their own effort. But on the other hand the salvation is the main idea in the preceding statement, and it seems best to unders…
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q=ch. iii. ο, ὃ κτισθέντες ἐν χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ * ἐπὶ " ἔργοις " ἀγαθοῖς, " οἷς "προητοι- Col. i. τό, pacer ὁ θεὸς ἵνα ἡ ἐν αὐτοῖς * περιπατήσωμεν. iii. τὸ 13; 1 ποι. ἦν. 7. 5 Acts ix. 36; Rom. ii. τς only; Isa. xxviii. 24. v Rom. vi. 4; 2 τ w W. ὅτι, Paul only; Acts xx. 31; 2 Thess, ii. 5. y Rom. ii. 28 reff. 11. Δ…
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final object was to make good works the very element of our life, the domain in which our action should move. That this should be the nature of our walk is implied in our being His handiwork, made anew by Him in Christ; that the good works which form the Divine aim of our life shall be realised is implied in the…
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ἀκροβυστία, which is unknown to profane Greek but is used in the LXX, is taken to be an Alexandrian corruption of ἀκρο- ποσθία.---ὡπὸ τῆς λεγομένης περιτομῆς ἐν σαρκὶ χειροποιήτου: by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hand. Sothe RV. Better perhaps “ by the so-called Circumcision, performe…
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Il. f Acts xxii. λοτριωμένοι τῆς ᾿ πολιτείας τοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ " ξένοι τῶν " διαθηκῶν only; 2 Macc. ἘΝ μων oc f. Soph., Gd. T. g Constr., here only; ¢/. Soph., ‘Yr I ix. 4; Gal. iv. 24 only. i Gal. iv. 23; τῆς ᾿᾿ἐπαγγελίας, ἐλπίδα μὴ ἔχοντες καὶ " ἄθεοι ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ. 220, Plato, A i. b. iv. 17 al. a h Acts iii. …
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12---Τά. 293 13. ' νυνὶ δὲ ἐν χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ὑμεῖς οἱ ™ ποτὲ ὄντες " μακρὰν ° ἐγγὺς | Acts xxii. ἐγενήθητε ᾿ "ἐν τῷ αἵματι τοῦ χριστοῦ. Rom. vi. 22 41(19); Paul only. v. 17 only in Paul; Isa. lvii. το; Dan. ix. 7. m Ver. τι reff. I (XXiv. 13 14. αὐτὸς γάρ ἐστιν ἡ n Luke xv. 20 al.; Acts ii. 39; here and ο Abs.,…
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only ; se « εἰρήνη ἡμῶν, ὁ ποιήσας τὰ ἀμφότερα ἕν καὶ τὸ " μεσότοιχον τοῦ Rom. v.1."paypod ' λύσας, 15. τὴν " ἔχθραν, ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ αὐτοῦ, τὸν " νόμον r Here only. 2 Pet. iii. 10, 11, 12. au see Rom. iii. 27, vii. 2, viii. 2. calls immanent instrumentality, the action of the verb being regarded as existing in th…
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the former view of the gen. ap to be preferable. It is suggested that what Paul really expresses then is the fact that the legal system, which was meant primarily to protect the Jewish people against the corruption of heathen idolatry, became the bitter root of Jewish exclusive- ness in relation to the Gentiles.…
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x Luke xiii. 7, but=(24) Paul only; see Rom. iii. 2 al. a=Matt. xiii. 30, xxvii. 51 || Mark; Rev. xvi. 19; Jud. ix. 43. c James iii. 18 only; sec Matt. v. g. 295 Σ ἐν wLukeii.1; Acts xvi. 4, XVii. 7; Col. ii. 14 y Ver. τὸ reff. b Ch. iv. 24 only; d Col. i. 20, 21 only. ᾿ καταρτισας DE. For εαντω, αυτω NABFP …
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296 Il. e Rom. xii. καταλλάξῃ ' τοὺς ἀμφοτέρους ἐν "ἑνὶ σώματι τῷ θεῷ 3 Σδιὰ τοῦ 5: al. bor! x. 17 σταυροῦ, "ἀποκτείνας τὴν " ἔχθραν ἐν αὐτῷ»: 17. καὶ ' ἐλθὼν “edny- {Col.i.20. Ὑελίσατο ἢ εἰρήνην ὑμῖν 4 τοῖς ' μακρὰν καὶ εἰρήνην ὅ τοῖς "' ἐγγὺς, g=here only. 1m Ver. 13 reff. 1 αποκαταλλαξει KLP 72, 80, al. Σ…
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16—18, the two appear to be practically indis- tinguishable. As derivatives of ἀλλάσ- σειν they both convey the idea of a change, not primarily in feeling (which is expressed by ἱλάσκεσθαι and its com- pounds), but in relation, and in mutual relation, on the side of God to man and on the side of man to God (cf.…
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297 uncials and other important authorities (BRAD 17, Vulg., etc.) insert εἰρήνην (so LTTrWHRV). The repetition has rhetorical force. The καί, again, does not merely connect this statement with the former. It adds to the thought. Not only did Christ effect the recon- ciliation, but He also came and preached th…
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Il, nRom.v.2; 18. ὅτι δι αὐτοῦ ἔχομεν τὴν " προσαγωγὴν οἱ ἀμφότεροι ἐν ° ἑνὶ ch, iii. 12 only. πνεύματι πρὸς τὸν ἢ πατέρα. ο 11,1. 10. ‘dpa οὖν οὐκέτι ἐστὲ ' ξένοι καὶ 27; ch.iv. "πάροικοι, ἀλλ᾽ ἐστὲ ὃ 'συμπολῖται τῶν " ἁγίων καὶ "οἰκεῖοι τοῦ θεοῦ, 3, 4: ids P ὶ p=1 Cor. viii. 6; 1 Ῥεῖ. i.17; John, passim. al8…
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(eleven times). Here it stands for the classical μέτοικος, which never occurs in the NT, is found only once in the LXX (Jer. xx. 3) and means one who comes from one country or city and settles in another, but does not rank as a πολί or ἀστός having the right of citizenship (cf. Acts vii. 6, 29; 1 Pet.ii. 11). Th…
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gen. = “the Apostles’ foundation ”’—in the sense of that on which they built (Anselm, Beza, etc.), or as = that on which they also were built (Alf.). The choice seems to be between (1) and (2). The former has been the view of many from Chrys. down to Von Soden and Abbott, and is favoured so far by Rev. xxi. 14.…
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2Cor.v. © ἐν πνεύματι. Ἃ a Ch. iv. 16 only. only. d Here only. b Ch. iv. 15; Col. i. το; 2 Thess. i. 3 reff. e= Matt. x. 18 al. fr. " οἰκοδομὴ "συναρμολογουμένη " αὔξει " εἰς ναὸν ἅγιον "ἐν κυρίῳ, 22. ἐν ᾧ καὶ ὑμεῖς “ συνοικοδομεῖσθε “eis ' κατοικητήριον τοῦ θεοῦ ! ς Rom. xvi. 11, 12 al. fr.; Paul f Rev. xviii…
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21---22. they can drop the article, etc. (cf. Win.- Moult., p. 138, and especially Buttm., Gram. of N. T. Greek, pp. 119, 120; Blass, Gram. of N. T. Greek, pp. 161, 162). The present instance does not come within the scope of these excep- tions. It is not like πᾶς οἶκος Ἰσραήλ (Acts ii. 36), nor is it really an…
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301 not imper. (Calv.), but indic., the burden of the whole section being what was done for the readers and what was made of them. The συν- in the comp. verb might convey the idea of being built together with others ; but, in view of the force of the συναρμολογουμένη it is rather to be understood as denoting th…
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ITI. 1. Τούτου "χάριν ἐγὼ Παῦλος ὁ " δέσμιος τοῦ χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν τῶν ἐθνῶν,2 2. "εἴγε “ἠκούσατε τὴν “οἰκονομίαν τῆς χάριτος Tit. i. 5; 1 John iii. 12; Jude 16 ο δρ xvii. 17. b Acts xxiii. 18; 2 Tim. i.8; Philem. i. 9; l. i. 23; ch. v. ar; 2 Cor. v. 3; Gal. iii. 4; Paul only. 1 For χριστ., κυριου C; uno. om…
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τς a> εἴγε ἠκούσατε τὴν οἰκονομίαν τῆς χάριτος τοῦ Θεοῦ τῆς δοθείσης μοι εἰς ἡμᾶς: if so be that ye did hear of the dis- pensation of the grace of God that was given me to you-ward. The comp. par- ticle εἴγε, or εἴ ye (according to LTrWH), makes a supposition which is taken for granted, = “if, indeed, as I may a…
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, Syr., Arm., Goth., Cop., Bas. made known to him, viz., the way of revelation.—Ka0as προέγραψα ἐν ὀλίγῳ: as I wrote afore in few words. The ἐν ὀλίγῳ is wrongly taken by some as = πρὸ ὀλίγου, “a short time before”. It is equivalent to the δι ὀλίγων or the ἐν βραχεῖ, ἐν βραχέσι of classical Greek, and means brie…
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r Acts xiv. μυστηρίῳ τοῦ χριστοῦ, 5. ὃ ἑτέραις | * γενεαῖς οὐκ " ἐγνωρίσθη τοῖς 16, XV.20; 0 ς α t Matt. xi. a5; 1 Cor. ii. 10; Phil. iii. 15; 1 Pet. i. 12. υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ds νῦν ᾿ ἀπεκαλύφθη τοῖς " ἁγίοις 5 '""ἀποσ- u Rev. xviii. ver. 21; Col. i. 26. 8 Here only; Ps. xxv. 7 al. 21 only. v 1 Cor. xii. 28; …
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aT any / A Ν τόλοις αὐτοῦ καὶ " προφήταις " ἐν πνεύµατι,' 6. εἶναι τὰ ἔθνη * συγ- νν Ch. ii. 22. κληρονόμα καὶ ᾿ σύνσωµα καὶ "συμμέτοχα τῆς 3 x Rom. viii, " ἐπαγγελίας ἐν 17; Ileb. a 32 A a > X1. 9; χριστῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ ὃ διὰ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, 7. οὗ ἐγενήθην “ " διάκονος Pet iii 7 κατὰ τὴν “δωρεὰν τῆς χάριτος τοῦ θεοῦ …
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as undefined, the promise of Salvation, the Messianic promise in its length and breadth. The three terms describe the Gentiles, therefore, first generally as heirs together with the believing Jews in all things, and then more particularly as belonging equally with them to the same corporate body and sharing equa…
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τὴν 3 ἐνέργειαν τῆς “δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ. τη - 8. ἐμοὶ τῷ "ἐλαχιστοτέρῳ ! ch.irg πάντων ᾿ ἁγίων" ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις αὕτη, τοῖς" ἔθνεσιν "εὐαγγελίσασθαι reff. ε Here only ; μειζότερος, 3 John 4. f Ch. i. 1 reff. g Ch. ii. 17 reff. }ελαχιστω FG 49. Insert των before παντων P, al., mss., Goth., Cyr., Thdrt., Theophyl. ; om…
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δ--9. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ 307 τὸ " ἀνεξιχνίαστον ' πλοῦτος ! τοῦ χριστοῦ, 9. καὶ " φωτίσαι πάντας 2h Rom. xi. 33 only; ν η 3 ae ~ τὰ ’ ~ m2 x a τις ἡ Olkovopia® τοῦ "ἢ μυστηρίου τοῦ ™dwoKexpuppévou ἀπὸ τῶν Job. v. ὁ. i Neut., ch. i. 7 reff. k John i. 9; ch. i. 18 reff. 1 Ch, i, το reff. πι Ch, i. 9 reff. n Matt, xi 25…
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308 Ill. ο Col. i. 26;° αἰώνων 1 » ἐν τῷ θεῷ τῷ τὰ πάντα “ κτίσαντι,2 το. ἵνα * γνωρισθῇ plur., Rom. i. r Ch. i. 9 reff. s Ch. i. 21 reff. t Ch. i. 1 After τ. atwy. insert και απο των Ύενεων FG, g, Syr. vov® ταῖς " ἀρχαῖς καὶ ταῖς " ἐξουσίαις ἐν τοῖς ᾿ ἐπουρανίοις διὰ τῆς 25, ix. 5 ke 1 Cor. ii. 7, x. 11; ch. …
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to take the verse as referring to the pre- vious ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις αὕτη, etc. (Ell, Alf. ; and. substantially De Wette, Hofm., etc.). The main idea in the paragraph from ver. 7 onwards is unmistakably that of the marvellous call and commission of Paul, and the wonder of the grace that made an Apostle and preacher of…
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πολυποίκιλος (a word found only this once in the NT)—not with any reference to Gnostic ideas of σοφία (as Baur ima- gined), for the use of such a term as this in that connection is of later date (Iren., Haer., i., 4, 1); nor simply in the sense of very wise, for which Aesch., Prom., 1308, is mistakenly cited; bu…
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a Acts ii. 2912. ἐν ᾧ ἔχομεν τὴν "παῤῥησίαν καὶ τὴν] " προςαγωγὴν ἐν “πεποιθή- αἰ(4) ; 2 Cor. iii. 12, Vii. 43 reff. c 2 Cor. i. 15; Phil. iii. 4 only Acts iii. 16 al. fr. 9; 2 Thess. iii. 13 only. ohn ν. 35; σειΣ “διὰ τῆς πίστεως “αὐτοῦ. 1 Tim. ili. 13; Philem. 8; Heb. iii. 6; 4 aa 2 28; ee ey Pt in ον 4 King…
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12—14. which follows. It is better, however, to refer the διό to the great thought of the whole paragraph, to which the statement in ver. 12 is subordinate, viz., the dignity of the office committed to Paul and its significance forthem. Because the great trust of the Apostleship among the Gen- tiles is what he …
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411 is not required before ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, as the phrase makes in reality one ἰά68.---ἥτις ἐστὶ δόξα ὑμῶν : which are your glory. The distinction between the definite or objective rel. ὅς and the indefinite, gen- eric, or qualitative rel. ὅστις (cf. Jelf, Gr. Gram., 816) is not always main- tained in the NT, and ind…
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Orig., Ath., Chr., Euthal., etc. A simple, natural figure for prayer, earnest prayer (Calv.)—not as if Paul actually knelt as he wrote (Calov.). The standipg posture in prayer and the kneeling are both mentioned in the NT (e.g., Mark xi, 25; Luke xviii. 11, 13, for the former, and Luke xxii. 41; Acts vii. 60, xx…
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313 κατὰ τὸ "πλοῦτος 1 τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ " δυνάμει 3 " κραταιωθῆναι " διὰ 5 ο. 1.7 Tren. τοῦ πνεύματος αὐτοῦ “eis τὸν * ἔσω * ἄνθρωπον, 17. ” κατοικῆσαι τὸν t=Col.i. τι. ii. 40; 1 Cor. xvi. 13 only; Neh. ii. 18. w=ch. ii. 21 al. x Rom. vii. 22; see 2 Cor. iv. 16. u Lukei. 80, v Acts xxi. 4; Rom. v. 5; 1 Cor. ii. …
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314 z Constr., ch. i p., Col. Ill, at Ἡ χριστὸν διὰ τῆς πίστεως ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν, 18. ἐν ἀγάπῃ Col. i. 2; ἐῤῥιζωμένοι καὶ " τεθεμελιωμένοι, ἵνα ἢ ἐξισχύσητε “ καταλαβέσθαι bait 4 σὺν πᾶσιν τοῖς " ἁγίοις τί τὸ ' πλάτος καὶ " μῆκος καὶ " βάθος 1 καὶ e=ch. i. Σ reff. iv. 13, X. 34, xxv. 25; Phil. iii. 12, 13…
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and adequate conclusion and completion of the idea of the indwelling. Many (in- cluding Meyer, Winer, Buttm., AV, RV, etc.) connect the whole clause with the ἵνα, = “in order that, being rooted and grounded in love, ye may be able”. This gives an excellent sense, and examples of the transposition of part of a se…
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315 privilege of visions, but as a gift proper to the whole community of believers and one in which these Ephesians might share together with all God’s people; for the phrase cf. 1. 15, vi. 18; Col. i. 4; 1 Thess. 111, 13; Philem. 5; Rev. viii. 3; and for the sense of ἅγιος see under i. 1 above. —tl τὸ πλάτος κ…
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k Ch. i. το ‘Gos, 19. γνῶναί te! τὴν " ὑπερβάλλουσαν τῆς | γνώσεως ἀγάπην 3 Τ. eff, l=1 Cor. Viii. 1, xiii. 2, 8 (see 1 Tim. vi. 20). Ίπεοτῃ. DFG, Copt. m= Rom. i. 29, xv. 13; 2 Cor. vii. 4 al. τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἵνα ™ πληρωθῆτε “eis πᾶν ὃ τὸ " πλήρωμα τοῦ θεοῦ. n=Rom, xv. 20. 2 ay. της γν. A 74, 115, Syr., Ar.-pol…
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10---20. 317 20. τῷ δὲ δυναμένῳ ὑπὲρ] πάντα ποιῆσαι " ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ 3 ὧν o=Philem, εἴ Bibs ai. “αἰτούμεθα ἢ "νοοῦμεν κατὰ τὴν δύναμιν τὴν "ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἡμῖν, ὃ px Thess. 13; Matt. ν. 37. q Ver. 13 reff. r Ver. 4 reff. 11. IO, v. s= Matt. xiv. 4; Rom. vii. 5; 1 Cor xii. 6; 2 Cor. 1. 6, iv. 12: Gal. ii. 8, i…
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418 lev τ. εκκ. και εν Xp. In. - 1. az. t 1 Cor. xiv. 21. αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα "ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐν χριστῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ ! εἰς πάσας τὰς το γενεὰς τοῦ " αἰῶνος 2 τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν.Σ ABC 17, 73, 80, 213, v., Copt., Jer., εἴς. ; ev Xp. In. και (εν Ambrst.), τ. εκκλ. DFG, d, e, f, g, Victorin., etc. ; εν τη εκκλ nova ev Χριστω Incov…
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319 ΤΥ τ: ος οὖν aa ἐγὼ ὃ arf ἐν κυρίῳ," cee Matt. 4 περιπατῆσαι 3 b Ch. iii, 1 reff. only, exc. 3 John 6. i. 26; ch. i. 18; Paul only, exc. 2 Pet. i. 1Ο. 1 Chron. xxix. 22 al. fr. I Pet. v. 5; see Ps. cxxx. 2. τῆς lev Χριστω SQ Eth. which the mind of man working with the ideas of time labours to convey the …
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