compounded of &P-/TI and «/w ; and dp%r, looks forward in the text to reXsiuffat (coinp. ch. xii. 2), but «/w looks back to aya- yo'vra. Therefore the proposition comprehends a number of im portant sentiments, which may thus be unfolded : —
1. Jesus is the Captain of salvation.
2. It was necessary to procure salvation by suffering.
3. He was perfected (consummated) by suffering.
4. The glory of the sons was united with that consummation.
5. The sons are many.
6. This whole plan was highly becoming God, though unbelief considers it a disgrace.
7. It became God, that Jesus should suffer and save the sons ; because for Him are all things.
8. It became God, that Jesus should be made perfect (consum mated), and sons brought to glory ; for by Him are all things.
We set down four of these points, marked by as many letters, at the same time observing the order of the text : —
The glory of the sons : The Captain suffering .
The salvation of the sons : The consummation of the Captain.
These points are referred to God, for whom and by whom all things exist, i.e. to whom are to be attributed the beginnings and ends of all things. B and C refer to the beginnings of things, D and A to the ends of things. But the same four points are transposed in the text by Chiasmus, so that the dis course proceeds in most beautiful order from the end, A, to those intermediate, which are included in B C D. — avr&) Him, God the Father, who is mentioned in ver. 9, and is to be under stood in ver. 5. — 8i wm di o5, for whom : by whom) Paul gene rally accumulates prepositions by a nice and elegant discrimina tion. — croXXoyg, many) as many as possible, whence exxXtsia, the general assembly, in ver. 12. — u/oyg, sons) In the style of writing usual in the Old Testament, they are called -ra/5/a, children ; comp. ver. 13, 14, note : in the style of the New Testament they are u/o/, sons, whose condition is opposed to slavery or bondage, ver. 15 ; as with Paul, Rom. viii. 15 ; Gal. iv. (>. Jesus Himself is the Son; He makes us sons of God, He con-