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are found without any mention of its universality, for instance, 1 Tim. i. 15, 16: whereas its universality is subsequently com- mended for the purpose of stimulating to the farther discharge of duties, ib. ii. 1, etc. — <*a.peduxe) delivered up. So lxx., Isa. liii. 6. — xa / (Sitv a vrtiy with Himself also) xa/ also adds an epitasis1 to the reasoning from the greater to the less. It was more [a greater stretch of love] not to spare His Son ; now, with the Son , that is, when we have the Son already sacrificed, at all costs, to us [by the Father], He will certainly forgive us [give us freely] all things. — rrdvra) all things, that are for our salvation. — xaP‘ffs ra/, will freely give [ and forgive] ) The antithesis to He did not spare. The things -which are the consequence of redemption, are them- selves also of grace \Jreely given : yap'nsirui, %ap/c].
33. ’ExXs xruv ©soD, of God? s elect) ver. 29. — dixa,/uiv, that justi- fied) To justify and condemn are the words in antithesis to each other, ver. 3, note. In Isa. 1. 8, 9, a passage, which we have previously quoted, there similarly comes first an hypothesis in each of the consecutive sections, and there follows the Answer subjoined by the speaker, in each case respectively, expressed in the form of a question ; for example,
A. He is near , who justifies me :2
B. 1. Who will contend with me? we shall ( let us) stand together.
2. Who is the lord of my cause ? let him draw near to me.
C. Behold the Lord God will help me :
D. Who is he that shall condemn me ?
Here the apostle seems to have assumed A, and on the con- trary to have omitted B, and likewise to have omitted C, and on the contrary to have quoted D.
34. * O avodavuiv, fiuXkov ds — og xa/ — og xa,/, that died, yea rather — who even — who also) The order of the enumeration of the
1 See Appendix. Some word added to give increased emphasis or clear- ness to a previous enunciation.
2 This expression, that He is wear, seems to be in the meanwhile said in the Old Testament sense, whereas, on the contrary, He is said in the Romans to be the God that justifieth, without any restriction.