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of this verse treats of the use of the whole Scripture, the latter principally of the use of the Saying quoted at ver. 3. Hence comes the twofold prayer, ver. 5, 13, suitable to the approaching conclusion.
5. 0sbg rr\g uvofiovi )g xai vapax'hi)ffsw$y The God of patience and consolation) So, the God of hope , ver. 13, the God of peace , ver. 33. Titles from the thing, which is treated of. Elsewhere, the God of glory , the God of order , the God of the living , the God of heaven. — rr\g vapax?.ijffSMS — ro avr'o <ppovsTv — xaru) So plainly, Phil.
ii. 1, 2.
6.1 2 * OfijoQv/jjabbV) with one mind ) with one believing mind. — (Trocar/, with the mouth) confessing. — do%dfyrs, ye may glorify) Ye Jews and Gentiles, ver. 7, 9. — r'ov Qs'ov xai veer's pa rou Kvp/ov iijuuv ’iqffou Xp/orou , the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ) a frequent appellation, 2 Cor. i. 3, xi. 31 ; Eph. i. 3 ; Col. i. 3 ; 1 Pet. i. 3. It is to be resolved in this manner : The God of our Lord, etc., Eph. i. 17, and the Father of our Lord , etc., in- stead of what men of old said, God the Creator and the Lord of heaven and earth, Ps. exxiv. 8, and the God of Ahraliam and Isaac and Jacob , thereby subscribing [signifying their assent] to the faith of these believers. So elsewhere God and our Father , Gal. i.4. Christ has a double relationship to God and the Father, as compared with us ; we also have a double relationship, through Christ, John xx. 17.
7. v/jj ag, you 2 ) who were formerly weak, Jews and Greeks without distinction. — s-Jg do%av 0soD, to the glory of God,) It is con- strued with received , comp. ver. 6, 8, 9.
8. A syu ds9 Now I say) By this verse the preceding clause concerning Christ is explained. — Xpnsrbv I ^ouk) Others say, I qffouv Xp/ffrov.3 Those, who have omitted the name Jesus in this passage, seem to have had respect to ver. 3 and 7. The nomen-
1 To avro Q^ovsiv, to think alike) Patience and comfort promote harmony. He who disagrees with himself shows himself very morose to others. Har- mony is founded in Christ Jesus, as full hope is subsequently founded in the Holy Spirit, ver. 13. — V. g.
2 ACD corrected later, G g Vulg. read vpAs. Rec. Text reads »j pecig with BD early corrected,/. — Ed.
3 ABC read X^o-toi/ only. But D(A )Gfg and both Syr. Versions and Rec. Text '\naovv X^iarov. — Ed.
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