5. M/a <7fi(Srig, ev {SdnrKSpa, one faith, one baptism) into Christ, the Lord. Sometimes baptism, sometimes faith, is put first ; Markxvi. 16; Col. ii. 12.
6. ndvruv, of all) This word occurring thrice, and naffiv pre sently after, both are masculine ; for all are reduced to unity [are brought together as one, under the one God and Father]. — k'jfi) high above all with His grace.- — did, ndvruv) Working throughout ally through [by means of] Christ. — ev oratf/t/,1) in all dwelling, in (i.e., by) the Holy Spirit.
7. A?, but) The antithesis is the word one [sTg Kupioc and tv fi&irrnrpa, t7g ®s6s] in the foregoing verses.2 — edify, has been given) This is taken from the psalm in the following verse.
8. Af/g/, he says) David, nay, rather God Himself, Ps. Ixviii. (19) 20, dv&/3rig eig v-^og, rj^j^aXuirsuffag a/%/j,aXuffiav sXa(3$g bo/uara, sv dv&putfu. Some also in the LXX. read avafidg. But in the version of the LXX. that reading is generally inferior, which too closely agrees with the text of the New Testament, because it has been (probably) made to be in conformity to it. — U-vJ/og, on high) So the heavens are called in Hebrew poetry ; likewise in Is. xxxii. 15. — ^aaXwrs-uKTs a/^aaXwtf/av, led captivity captive) A. frequent repetition ; for example, 2 Chron. xxviii. 5. Here the forces of hell are denoted, 2 Pet. ii. 4, that are opposed to men. Christ, at His ascension, led them captive ; nor, however, does it fare the better for that reason with the malefactor, who is to be tried for his life, when he is led from prison to the forum or court of justice. This leading captive did not interfere with their condition in hell ; [it gave them no respite from torment.] If ever there had been for them any hope of escape, that would have been the time ; comp. ch. vi. 12, and Col. ii. 15. Nor does every ascension, but only the ascension which has captivity taken cap tive joined with it, presuppose and infer a descent into the lower parts of the earth. — iduxe do^ara, He gave gifts) To this expres-
1 ABC Memph. read h «•««* only. DGfg Vulg., both Syr. Versions, Iren., Firmilian ad Cypr. 150, Hilary, add «^«ij>. Rec. Text, with no very old authority, reads vftlv. — ED.
The larger Ed. had preferred the omission of the pronoun, whether vfAtv or iiftiv ; but the Germ. Vers., following the decision of the 2d Ed., re ceived the pronoun ^7i/. — E. B.
2 i.e. Though there is one Lord, etc., to us all. yet to each of us there is given grace according to, etc. — ED.