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and the saints are in God. tiebtyotMu corresponds to the Hebrew word pp, Ezek. xx. 41 ; Zeph. iii. 19, 20.
18. E ig uioug xct/ Qvyarspug, in the relation of sons and daughters) Is. xliii. 6. The promise, given to Solomon, 1 Chron. xxviii. 6, is applied to all believers. — K -jpiog Kavroxpurup, the Lord Almighty \_the Universal Ruler]. From this title we perceive the greatness of the promises. Now the word tfuvroxp&rctip, [ Universal Ruler] Almighty , occurs nowhere else in the New Testament but in the Apocalypse ; but here Paul uses it after the manner of the lxx. interpreters, because he quotes the passage from the Old Testa ment.
1. KaQup'ufco/uevy let us cleanse) This is the last part of the ex- hortation, set forth at vi. 1, and brought out ih. ver. 14. He concludes the exhortation in the first person. The antitheses are the unclean thing , vi. 17, and filthiness in this passage. The same duty is derived from a similar source, 1 John iii. 3, Rev. xxii. 11. — /xoXvgfjjov, filthiness) Filthiness of the flesh , for example, fornication, and filthiness of the spirit , for example, idolatry, were closely connected among the Gentiles. Even Judaism, occu- pied, as it is, about the cleanness of the flesh, is now in some mea- sure filthiness of > the spirit . Holiness is opposed to the former ; the fear of God , promoting holiness (comp, again 1 Cor. x. 22) to the latter. — -rvgt^arog, of spirit) Comp. Ps. xxxii. 2, lxxviii. 8. — s'T/reXouvrsg, perfecting) even to the end. It is not enough to begin ; it is the end that crowns the work. The antitheses are upxofiaij enireXeu, I begin , I finish, ch. viii. 6, 10, 11 ; Gal. iii. 3; Phil i. 6. — ayiu<s\)vriv, holiness) corresponds to be ye separated , ch, vi. 17. — lv, in) he does not say, and [perfecting] the fear. Fear is a holy affection, which is not perfected by our efforts, but is merely retained. [ The pure fear of God is conjoined with the consideration of the most magnificent promises, ch. v. 1 1 ; Heb. iv. 1.— V. g.]
2. Xupijffure wag, receive us) The sum of what is stated in this
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