ὅτι = because.

ὁμολογήσῃς. Cf. Matthew 10:32 (|[204] Lk.); 1 Timothy 6:12; Hebrews 13:15; 1 John 2:23.

[204] | parallel to

ὅτι Κ. Ἰ. Cf. 1 Corinthians 12:3; 2 Corinthians 4:5; Philippians 2:11; Acts 2:36; Acts 19:5; above Romans 4:24; 2 Corinthians 4:14; Ephesians 1:15; Philemon 1:5.

The simplest form of the Christian creed: κύριος the LXX[205] rendering of Jahweh is predicate to Ἰησοῦς; freq. in Acts in connexion with baptism and the first confession of faith (cf. Acts 16:31); cf. Knowling, Witness etc., p. 261 f. The simple combination is most frequent in 1 Thes., but occurs in most of S. Paul’s Epp. and Hebrews 13:20; Revelation 22:20-21, and elsewhere; cf. Robinson on Ephesians 5:26.

[205] LXX. the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament

καὶ πιστεύσῃς ἐν τῇ κ. ς. The aor. marks the initial act; the addition of ἐν τῇ κ. ς. distinguishes this act, as the expression (ἐν = with) of the whole heart, from bare assent to a fact; cf. Acts 8:37 v.l., 1 Thessalonians 4:14.

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