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m Rom. ix. 24; Gal. ο Gal. i. 4; -Heb., 4 times; Ezek. xlv.
the resurrection of Jesus Christ is logi- cally to destroy the theorem, “ There is no resurrection of the dead” (12). Six successive appearances of the Risen One are enumerated—the first made to Kephas, and the last to Paul himself—(5-9); the list is not intended as exhaustive, but in- cludes the names most prominent in the Church, the witnesses whose testimony would be best known and most access- ible. The Ap. dwells on the astonishing mercy that was in this way vouchsafed to himself (ο f.), insisting finally, on the unbroken agreement of the Apostolic preaching and of the Church’s faith in regard to this supremely important event το,
ye 1,2. ‘* Now I give you to know, brothers”’ (cf. xii. 3, for γνωρίζω): Paul writes, with a touch of blame, as though informing the Cor. of what the staple of his message had been, that on which their whole Christianity is built (cf. 2 Cor. xiii. 5, Rom. vi. 3)—viz., “‘ the good news which,” on the one hand, ‘I pro- claimed to you (for cognate noun and vb., emphasising the benefit of the news, cf. ix, 18, etc.), which also,” on the other hand, ‘‘ you received; in which also you stand fast (cf. i. 6, xi. 2), through which. also you are being saved”. Ver. 11 simi-. larly contrasts the correspondent part of proclaimers and receivers in attesting the saving facts (cf. xi. 23). The three rela- tive clauses describe the inception, con- tinuance, and progressive benefits of the faith of this Church.—owfeo@e affirms a present, continuous salvation (cf. Rom. vili. 24, Eph. ii. 8); but ‘salvation,’”” with Paul, always looks on to the future (see Rom. ν. 9, r Thess. v. 8 ff.).—The connection of tive λόγῳ εὐηγγελισάμην ἡμῖν; is difficult to seize. The two in- terpretations of the R.V., txt. and marg. (also A.V.), are those commonly adapted : (2) making the tive Adyw dependent οπ: γνωρίζω, as appositive to τὸ εὐαγγέλιον' κ.τ.λ.» ‘I make known the good news... with what word I preached, etc.” (5ο: Bg., Hn., Ed.); (6) prefixing the clause, with an inversion of the norma! order, to- the hypothetical et κατέχετε, which states the condition of σώζεσθε, “(you are saved), if you hold fast by what word: I preached (it) to you” (Bz., Mr., Ev.,
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16; 14 exx. in GG. and Acts.