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is not required before ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, as the phrase makes in reality one ἰά68.---ἥτις ἐστὶ δόξα ὑμῶν : which are your glory. The distinction between the definite or objective rel. ὅς and the indefinite, gen- eric, or qualitative rel. ὅστις (cf. Jelf, Gr. Gram., 816) is not always main- tained in the NT, and indeed the use of ὅστις for ὅς is as old as Herod. (ii., 92) and Ionic Greek generally (Kiihner, Gr. Gram., ii., 996). In the Pauline Epistles, however, the distinction seems to be fairly maintained (Blass, Gram. of N. T. Greek, p. 173), and ἥτις appears here to have the force of an explanation—‘‘ inasmuch as they are,” “for indeed they are”. The rel. is referred by some (Theod., Olsh., Harl.) to the μὴ ἐγκακεῖν, or to the whole sen- tence beginning with that ; in which case ἥτις would stand for 6. But it is most naturally referred to the θλίψεσι. It is a case of attraction, but one in which the noun of the rel. clause gives its number (cf. Dem. ο. Aphob., p. 853, 31, and in the NT itself, Acts xxiv. 11; Phil. iii. 20) as well as its gender to the rel. (Win.- Moult., p. 206; Buttm., Gram. of NT Greek, p. 281; Donald., Gr. Gram., p. 362; Madvig, Syn., § 98). The clause, therefore, gives the readers a reason or motive for not yielding to faintness of heart. Paul’s tribulations were endured in their behalf, and were of value for them. The greater the office of the sufferer, the more did the afflictions which he was content to endure for them re- dound to their honour; and the better this was understood by them, the less should they give way to weakness and
discouragement. ==
Vv. 14-19. A paragraph containing an earnest prayer for the inward strengthen- ing of the readers, the presence of Christ in them, their enlargement in the know- ledge of the love of Christ, and the reali- sation in them of the Divine perfections.
Ver. 14. τούτου χάριν: for this cause. The sentence begun at ili, 1 and inter- rupted at ver. 2 is now taken up again. The τούτου χάριν, therefore, refers to the great statement of privilege in the latter part of the previous chapter. The ideas which came to expression in the digres- sion in vy. 2-13, are also no doubt in view in some measure. The thought of the new relations into which the Ephesians had been brought by grace toward God and toward the Jews—the reconciliation of the Cross, peace effected where once there was only enmity, the place given them in the household of God—gave Paul cause for prayer in their behalf.— κάμπτω τὰ γόνατά pov: I bow my knees,
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4x2 ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣΙΟΥΣ Ill.
i=Rom.v. ταῖς 'θλίψεσίν µου ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, "ἥτις ἐστὶν ᾿δόξα ὑμῶν. 14. "τούτου
3; 2 Cor.
vi. 4 χάριν " κάμπτω τὰ "γόνατά μου “πρὸς τὸν πατέρα,” 15. ἐξ οὗ πᾶσα 14; Col. «πατριὰ ἐν οὐρανοῖς καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς ᾿ ὀνομάζεται, 16. ἵνα δῴη ὃ ὑμῖν
i. 24.
k Attr., ch. i. 8 reff.
n Rom. xi. 4, xiv. 11; Phil. ii. 10 only. o=L Mem., iv. 6, 12.
151 Cor. ii. 7, xi. 15; Phil. iii. 19; 1 Thess. ii. 20. q Luke ii. 4; Acts iii. 25 only;
m Ver. 1 reff. xii. 3; 1 Cor. xiii. τα. p=here only; Xen., um. i. 18. r Ch. i. δ reff.
1 npev C 17, 31, 33, 37, 71, 72, 80, 116, Cop., Arm., Euth,
2 Insert τον Κνριον η
Orig., εἴς. ; omit ΝΑΒΟΡ 17, 67%, al., Copt., A&th., Ar.-erp.,
ν ἴησου Χριστον N*DEFGKL, beg, τ Goth., Syr., Arm.,
drt., Orig., Epiph.,
Euth., Cyrr., Dam., Jer. (ποπ, ut in latinis codd. additum est, ‘ad Patrem Dom. nostri Ὑ. C.,’—sed simpliciter ‘ad Patrem,’ legendum”).
Ξδω NSBABCFG 17, 37-9, 116, Meth., Bas., Cyrr., εἴς. ; δωη DEKLP, Valent.,