to the opinion of others ; but is put absolutely in the accusative, as rb f&aprvpiov9 the testimony, is construed in 1 Tim. ii. 6. For it is an Epiphonema,1 put after those things which are spoken of at ver. 20, and by it the apostle implies, that there is in Christ the fulness of the Father, who fills all in all. See on the fulness of God, of Christ, and of the Spirit, ch. iiL 19, iv. 13, v. 18; likewise ch. iv. 10 ; John i. 14 ; on the fulness of the times, ch. i. 1 0. The glory of Divine love fills all things, and in Christ extends itself over all. The passage has an analogy to 1 Cor. xv. 28. What I have just now explained, the apostle means to say, vividly exhibits to us the fulness, etc., which, as mathemati cians say, was the thing to be demonstrated [quod erat de monstrandum]. The whole of this (the whole of the preceding statements) may be reduced to [be brought under] this title or brief description, rb vXypvpa . . sv nati, in all) The neuter including the power of the masculine. — crXjjpou/^gvou, i.e. -/rX^ouv- rog. But the force of the Middle voice is stronger [than that of the active] in denoting the mutual relation of Him who fills, and of those who are filled.
1. Ka} vftas, and you) This is very closely connected with He wrought in ch. i. 20. You is construed with hath quickened to gether (<fw6£>6!)o<ffoii>iff&v), ver. 5. — is/tag ovrag, you when you were) as there is found when we were, in ver. 5. The former word, in both cases respectively, is emphatic;2 as Phil. ii. 7, note. — vexpovg, dead) What can be more wretched 1 — ro/& crapa-rrou/xacv) Although the genuine ra?g a/tapr/aig intervenes, we must refer to the the neuter oTg, in which, ver. 3 : comp. [ro?$ <3/wy/Ao%, ] o/a, o/'oug [diayftovs], 2 Tim. iii. 11, where the gender is in like manner twofold. — ra% apaprfais, in sins) Refer to this word aTg, in which, ver. 2. A/ apapriai, sins, are chiefly applied
1 See App. An exclamation subjoined to the relation or proof of some important topic.
In ver. l, vft£s precedes ovrag, and is therefore the emphatic word. In ver. 5, WT»S precedes VH*.&S> and therefore the emphasis fells on the Svretc. — ED.