Father]. This must be supplied, in accordance with the mind of Paul, who, while he mentions the benefit conferred by Christ, never fails to remember the Father. As to the Father's being well-pleased in the Son, comp. Matt. iii. 17 : For £u<3oxw with the accusative and infinitive following, see 2 Mace. xiv. 35. Moreover, on gu5oxjj<rg, He lias been well-pleased, depend to re concile, and having made peace. — trav rb ^X^<w//,a, all the fulness) ch. ii. 9, 10, 2, iv. 12, 17, i. 9, 25 ; Eph. i. 23, note. Who can fathom the depth of this subject? — xaro/x?j<ra/, to dwell) con stantly, as in a temple, in which it [the fulness] is ready at hand for us. This indwelling is the foundation of the recon ciliation.
20. 'AcroxaraXXaga/, to reconcile) Eph. ii. 16. — rd vdvra, all things) Eph. i. 10. — tig ai/row, unto Himself) i.e. unto God, ver. 22 ; 2 Cor. v. 19. — g/^i/o-Tro/^tfag, having made peace) Eph. ii. 14, 17. The nominative depends on He has been well-pleased. — did rov a'lfAaros rcu ffravpou avrou) by the blood shed on the cross, and therefore by His death on the cross ; or there is an apposi tion with a Metonymy [see Append.] : by the blood, that is, His cross. The effect of the crucifixion (although not of the cru cifixion alone) is the shedding of blood. — &' avrov, by Him) This repetition both adds to the emphasis, and shows that the all things are straightway explained by it, whether the things which, etc. This phrase, all things, includes also the dead. — eV/ rij$ yqg, on the earth) It was on the earth that there had arisen the begin ning of the enmities ; therefore the earth is put first. — ra kv ro?s ovpavo?$, the things which are in the heavens) Luke xix. 38. It is certain that the angels, the friends of God, were the enemies of men, when they were in a state of hostility against God.
21. Ka/ u/xag, and you) Eph. ii. 1, 12. — d^7i\\orpiuf^svou(; xai s^dpoi/5, alienated and enemies) Actual alienation makes habitual enemies. — r5j biavoicf) in the original and inmost force [bias, Vulg. ( sensu,' in feeling'] of the mind, which draws after it the other faculties. — vwf) now, when you have received that faith, by which you have been brought to the reconciliation made on the cross ; i.e. you were formerly alienated, but now He has
Father or the Son must be carefully distinguished both in this and in the following chapter. — V. g.