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known, Gal. iv. 9, note. The knowledge is mutual. — wr u vrov) by Him.
4. B puaevg) He more closely limits the subject proposed at ver. 1 : as concerning , therefore , the eating , etc. — ovhev) nothing , is the predicate ; nothing , the force of which is augmented by the antithetic words, in the world , inn, 1 Sam. xii. 21, lxx., oudei/; comp. ch. x. 19, note. [ A piece of wood or stone and nothing besides. — V. g.]
5. As/o/as voi, that are called) God is said to be the supremely powerful One. Hence by homonymy [things or persons distinct in nature receiving by analogy the same name], angels who are powerful on account of their spiritual nature, and men who are powerful from being placed in authority, are called gods. — sv ovpuvti, in heaven) — ird ySj?, on earth) The provinces of the gods among the Gentiles were divided into heaven, and earth, along with the sea; but each of these belongs to God. — 6soi croXXo/ xu i xvpioi rcoWoi, gods many and lords many) Ps. cxxxvi. 2, 3.
6. ' H;a7v) to us, believers. — gg ol ru rruvru, of whom are all things) Therefore, we have one God. — ru truvru, all things) by creation. — ^g 7g, we) believers. — slg uvrbv, unto Him) He is the end for whom believers live. — xui sTg, and one) Christ, the object of divine and religious worship. The apostles also, for the purpose of avoiding the appearance of polytheism, more fre- quently called Christ Lord, than God, when they wrote to the Gentile churches. — K vpiog, Lord) This appellation comprehends in itself the notion of the Son of God, and therefore also of God, along with the idea of Redeemer. — hi ol, by whom) The dominion of Christ is hereby proved ; by Him all things are of God. — hi uvrov , by Him) We come by Him, eig, to the Father. The plan of this sentence is as follows : —
Of whom are all things by whom are all things
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by creation ; and we
to Him,
by restitution.
by Him,
7. AXX’) We have yvutiv, knowledge; but others have it not in the same degree. — rmg, some) an antithesis to all, ver. 1. Some, viz. the J ews, holding the idol in abomination ; the Greeks regarding it with reverence, x. 32. — roD sihuXov, of the idol)