ἥττημα = defeat: they have been defeated in their efforts after righteousness (so 1 Corinthians 6:7 of defeat in a case at law); cf. Field ad loc[216] He points out that there is a lack of correspondence between ἥττημα and πλήρωμα as there is between παράπτωμα and πλοῦτος. There is no justification for translating ἥττημα by ‘loss.’

[216] ad loc. ad locum

πόσῳ μᾶλλον. Sc. πλοῦτος ἔσται.

πλήρωμα. cf. Robinson, Eph. p. 255 f.: he shows that substantives in -μα represent the result of the action of the verb, and may be either active or passive. Here = the completing of Israel, i.e. the adding the rest to the remnant; cf. Romans 11:15; Romans 11:26.

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