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de; ejpj ejscavtwn tw'n crovnwn dij uJma'" ) and in John 17:24 of the love of the Father for the Son ( o{ti hjgavphsav" me pro; katabolh'" kovsmou ). This is ‘the only place where St Paul has it’: but ‘the idea of the designation of Messiah in the counsel of God before all worlds is expressed more or less distinctly in other language in Eph. 1:9, 10; 3:9- 11; Col. 1:26, 27; 2 Tim. 1:9; cf. 1 Cor. 2:7; Rom. 16:25’ (Hort on 1 Pet. 1:20). The phrase is not used in the LXX. or elsewhere than in the N.T.

[Hort, however, l.c. compares Plutarch, Moral. 2.956 A to; ejx ajrch'" kai; a{ma th'/ prwvth/ katabolh'/ tw'n ajnqrwvpwn .]

The corresponding phrase ajpo; katabolh'" kovsmou , likewise not found in the
LXX., is used in Heb. 4:3 (
tw'n e[rgwn ajpo; katabolh'" kovsmou genhqevntwn ), 9:26; Apoc. 13:8; 17:8 ( w|n ouj gevgraptai to; o[noma ejpi; to; biblivon th'" zwh'" ajpo; katabolh'" kovsmou ); Matt. 25:34; Lk. 11:50.

‘In God, Who created all things ( tw'/ ta; pavnta ktivsanti )’ has been hidden (Eph. 3:9) from all time ( ajpo; tw'n aijwvnwn ) an eternal purpose now made manifest and fulfilled by the coming of the Incarnate Son:—in Him, in the Christ, it was the purpose and good pleasure of God to sum up all things (1:9 f.)—‘the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth.’

Man:—Body— Soul— Spirit.

Man's body :5:29 wJ" ta; eJautw'n swvmata . Man's soul : 6:7 ejk yuch'" metj eujnoiva" douleuvonte" . Man's spirit : the highest part of his nature, by which he holds fellowship with In Col. 3:15 hJ eijrhvnh tou' cristou' brabeuevtw ejn tai'" kardivai" uJmw'n .

God.

6:22.)

2:22. ‘The Lord, in Whom ye also are builded together for a dwelling-place of God in the spirit ( ejn pneuvmati )’: cf. 3:5.

4:23. ‘And that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind ( tw'/ pneuvmati tou' noo;" uJmw'n ).

Contrast 4:17 ejn mataiovthti tou' noo;" aujtw'n (of the Gentiles) and Col. 2:18. Eph. 5:18. ‘But be filled in spirit ( plhrou'sqe ejn pneuvmati ): where ejn pneuvmati is opposed to ejn sarkiv .

6:18. ‘Praying at every season in spirit.

The Heart ( kardiva ).

( a ) ‘To the end that, having the eyes of your heart ( tou;" ojfqalmou;" th'" kardiva" ) enlightened, ye may know....’ (1:18.)

( b ) The heart—the seat of character. ‘That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.’ (3:17.) ‘Because of the hardening of their heart.’ (4:18.) ‘In singleness ( aJplovthti ) of heart ( th'" kardiva" uJmw'n ) as unto Christ’— i.e. without hypocrisy, as unto Christ, Who knoweth the hearts of men. (6:5.) So Col. 3:22.

( c ) ‘Singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord.’ (Eph. 5:19.) The outward music to be accompanied by the inward music of the heart. So Col. 3:16.

‘That He may comfort ( parakalevsh/ ) your hearts.’ So Col. 4:8, 2:2. (Eph.


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