dox [an ambassador, yet in bonds]. The world has its ambas sadors surrounded with outward splendour. "Iva9 that, which immediately follows, depends on this expression.1 — Iv aura), in it) in the mystery. — u$, as) construed with to make known.
21. Ka/ vfjksTg) ye also, as well as others. — xdvra, all things) A salutary relation. — viarbg, faithful) who will declare to you the truth.
22. Hpbg b{Aoi$, to you) afar off. — -TrapaxaXsc1??, might comfort) lest ye should take offence at my bonds.
23. Eipqvq, peace) peace with God and the love of God to us. A recapitulation is contained in this word peace, comp. Jude ver. 2. — V£«"« Ktffrwg, with faith) This is taken for granted, as being the gift of God.
24. ndvruv, with all) whether Jews or Gentiles, in all Asia, etc. — 3sv dpOapffia, in incorruption, sincerity) construed with grace, viz. let it be : comp. iii. 13, py Jxxaxgft, not to faint, which is a proof of sincerity (dpQapffta, incorruption). Add 2 Tim. i. 10. We have its opposite, iv. 22. — apdaptia, implies health without any blemish, and its continuance flowing from it. This is in consonance with the whole sum of the epistle ; and thence a<p6apff!a redounds to the love of believers towards Jesus Christ.
1 Engl. V. by the stopping connects Iv* rather with irpoffevxtftsvot, ver. 18 Praying — that therein / may speak boldly. — ED.
2 To7f «§£A<po?f, to the brethren) In this conclusion he does not say to you, as in ver. 21. It was, it seems, an encyclical epistle. — V. g.
3 Tav ciyctKuvTav, that love) See of how great importance is that love, 1 Cor. xvi. 22.— V. g.