19. 'O yup rou ©sou v/bg, Ifooug Xp/crbg, for the Son of God , Jesus Christ) who is the principal subject of our discourse. We should observe the joining together of the three appella- tions, thereby showing forth firmness ;* as also their position in the natural order ; for the first is evidently not the same as the third. — xai 2 iXovocvou, and Silvanus) Luke calls him Silas ; Acts xv. 22 note. — dXXd vai) hut yea pure and unmixed, on our part and yours. — iv aura), in Himself) Christ preached, i.e. our preaching of Christ became yea in Christ Himself. So the reason assigned [aetiologia, see Append.] in the following verse is in consonance. All the promises in Christ are yea. There- fore truly also the testimony concerning Christ Himself is yea in Christ.
20. ’EsrayysX/a/) promises , declarations. — r'o va) — ro dfiriv, yea
— amen) The words yea and amen agreeing together, stand in pleasant antithesis to the words yea and nay , ver. 19, which are at variance with each other : yea by affirmation ; amen , by an oath ; or yea in respect of the Greeks ; amen in respect of the J ews ; comp. Gal. iv. 6 note ; for yea is Greek, amen is Hebrew ; or yea , in respect of God who promises, amen in respect of be- lievers ; comp. 1 John ii. 8 ; yea in respect of the apostles, amen in respect of their hearers. — ru> 0s a) npog do^av [to the glory of God ] to God for His glory) For the truth of God is glorified in all His promises, which are verified in Christ. — rrpog hb^av, to the glory) iv. 15. — bi hy us) construed with there is, again to be
understood. For whatever may be the number of [as many soever as are] the promises of God, there is in Him the Yea, and in Him the Amen [every promise has its yea and amen, i.e. its fulfilment in Him]. To the glory of God (is that Yea and Amen) by us. The yea is re-echoed by us.
21. 'O <5s (3z(3u iuv, now He who confirmetli [( established ]) The Son glorifies the Father, ver. 19 : whilst [autem, ds] the Father in turn glorifies the Son. — (3e(3ouuv, confirming) that we may be firm in the faith of Christ. The term sealing corresponds to this word ; the one is from Christ and His anointing ; the other from the Spirit, as an earnest. That is sealed, which is con- firmed as the property of some one, whether it be a property
1 For “ union is strength.” — Ed.