Tim. 6:21; 2 Tim. 4:22; Tit. 3:15; Heb. 13:25. Elsewhere St Paul writes
hJ cavri" tou' kurivou jI. ªCr
.]. It is uniformly followed by
metav
. Comp. Eph. 6:23 note.
p. tw'n ajg.... jI. Cr
.] Compare 1 Pet. 1:8
o}n oujk ijdovnte" ajgapa'te
, James 1:12,
John 8:42, 14:15, 23.
ejn ajfqarsiva/
] with a love free from every element liable to corruption. The Lord brought incorruption (
ajfqarsivan
) to light (2 Tim. 1:10). Thus He revealed the eternal in things perishable in form. The Christian realises this in his love for his Lord. He knows Him no more after the flesh (2 Cor. 5:16). His love is directed to that which is beyond change, and is itself unchangeable. Primasius describes in part the character of such believers: in quorum corde nullo adulterino saeculi amore Christi dilectio violatur.
USE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IN THE EPISTLE.
QUOTATIONS AND REMINISCENCES.
Ephesians 1:18
20,
22,
2:13,
17,
20,
4:8,
25,
26,
18,
31,
6:2 f., 4,
,
14,
15,
17 Deut. 33:2, 3, 4
Ps. 110:1,
8:6,
Is. 57:19, 52:7, 57:19,
28:16,
Ps. 68:7, 8, Zech. 8:16,
Ps. 4:4,
40:6,
Ezek. 20:41, Prov. 23:31 (LXX.),
Gen. 2:24, Ex. 20:12; Deut. 5:16,