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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,


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