the Jews and Gentiles. — r& Xptffrp, together with Christ) Hence He is the fountain-head, ver. 6—10.
6. Swsxddiffsv, made us sit together) Believers are already spiritually raised ; they will be raised in the body ; and to each of the two resurrections the sitting in heavenly places corre sponds. They are not, indeed, present in heaven in the body, but they are so in point of right, and virtually in the spirit, and they have individually a seat expressly assigned to them, which is to be taken possession of at the proper time. They are for a while hidden in God ; Col. iii. 3. — Iv roTg evrovpaviois, in the heaven- lies) He does not say, on the right hand. To Christ this is left as His own peculiar pre-eminence [prerogative]. — Xpitrti 'ijj<roD, in Christ Jesus) In this sublime discourse, especially, Paul calls Him Christ Jesus ; oftener on other occasions, Jesus Christ.
7. 9Ev rots a/Ziffi ro?$ sKsp^ofAsvoig, in the ages to come) The plural, in opposition to the one bad age \_rlv aluva roiirou xltfjaou], ver. 2, which blessed ages effectually succeed [upon which the blessed ages come unexpectedly with power]. This expression is in accordance with Paul's idea regarding the last day, the approach of which he believed not to be immediate [2 Thess. ii. 2]. — v<7r£pj3d\Xovra, the exceeding) Rom. v. 20.
8. T>3 — xdp/n) ry has a relative meaning, in reference to ver. 5, "xapin — /ap, for) He does not say, therefore) but for, because he concludes [infers] from the effect to the cause.— dia rr^c, viffnuc, by faith) which arises from the resurrection of Christ, chap. i. 19,1 [whence it is not at all mentioned in ver. 5, but for the first time in ver. 8. See Col. ii. 12.— V. g.] The antithesis is, not of works ; an antithesis of the same kind as that between grace and boasting [" lest any man should boast"]. — xai rovro) and this, namely, believing, or faith, is not of your selves. The antithesis is : this is the gift of God alone.
10. AuroD, of Him) of God. — yap, for) He proves, that salvation is by faith, not of works, and that faith itself is entirely of the gift of God. — cro/V,a, workmanship) The word rarely occurs in this sense, and its force is increased by the
1 Which passage implies, not merely that faith believes in Christ's resur rection, but that also it is the same Spirit, which raised Jesus, which raises the spiritually dead and creates in them faith. Comp. " the power of the resurrection," Phil. iii. 10. — ED.