12. 'H//,«C, us) Jews. — rovs KpovXtfixoras, who before or first hoped or trusted) This is the predicate. The Jews first obtained hope in Christ when manifested to them (1 Cor. xv. 19) ; after wards the Gentiles, Acts xiii. 46. The word before or first, here,
1 Seasons rather. — ED.
2 Ver. 11, 13. qpeis—vptis, we— you) Israelites— Gentiles.— V. g. Ver. 13. TlvevfABtri, in the Spirit) Comp. ver. 17. — V. g.
Ver. 14. Tijf KhvipovofAiei; ijftav, of our inheritance) which belongs to sons, ver. 5 ; mentioned afresh in ver. 18. — V. g.
is not to be referred to Old Testament times ; comp. on the sub ject of hope, ver. 18 ; ch. ii. 12 ; iv. 4.
13. rn, in Whom} To be referred to in Christ, ver. 12, or to in Him, ver. 10. — aKovffavreg, having heard) The sense is suspend ed,1 till the participle having believed [" after that ye believed"], which is correlative to having heard, be added. — r^g aXqQsiag, of the truth) Hence it is called the hearing of faith. The mention of truth occurs again, ch. iv. 15, 21, 24, 25 ; v. 9 ; vi. 14. — sv f Kai, in whom also) In whom, after the intervening clause, is here taken up again ; comp. in Himself, ver. 10, note. — stfpfoy/Vtfijri — og sffnv dppa^uv, you were sealed — who is the earnest) 2 Cor. i. 22, note. — rut Hvsv/Aan rtjg l^ayysX/ag r£) «//V, with the Holy Spirit
of promise) The Holy Spirit was promised by the word ; there fore when the Holy Spirit was given, those who believed the word were sealed ; and those who have the Holy Spirit, know that every promise will be fulfilled to them.
14. 'Hpuv, of our) He here includes Jews and Greeks. — slg artoXvrpuffiv, unto redemption) Construe with you were sealed) ; iv. 30. This future deliverance or redemption, by the addition of T%g wepiiroifitfsug, of preservation \_( conservationis,' Engl. Vers., of the purchased possession], is distinguished from the redemption made by the blood of Christ. So irepiiroiiias (rurqpias and 4u%fo> 1 Thess. v. 9 ; Heb. x. 39. — irspivroiiiffig is said of that which remains still, when all other things perish :2 LXX., 2 Chron. xiv. 12 (13); Mai. iii. 17.
15. 'Axobffas, having heard) At a distance. This may be referred not only to those who were unknown to him by face, Col. i. 4, but also to his most intimate acquaintances, Philem. ver. 5, in accordance with their present state. — cr/Vr/v) Faith to wards God in the Lord Jesus. — xa/, and) Whosoever has faith and love, is a partaker of the whole blessing, ver. 3, etc. Hope is added, ver. 18. — vdvrag, all) The distinguishing characteristic
1 'Ev &j, at the beginning of the ver., is not, as Engl. Vers. takes it, governed by «jAw/x*«, ye trusted, understood from the previous ver., but by TrwTevffotvTSc below. — ED.
2 Wahl, in his Clavis, takes ireptiroiwis passively, " res acquisita ; Treptovyiog A«O£, quern Deus hoc consilio elegit ut sit sibi proprius : populus Deo pro- prius : rov Aaoy, ov vtptsTror/iffXTo ®to$." The full redemption of His pur chased people. — ED.