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Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

Romans 11:22

ἴδε οὖν. This being so observe how in GOD there is both goodness and severity, meeting in each case the position taken by man.

ἴδε only here w. accus. N. the absence of articles.

ἐπιμένῃς. With dat., Romans 6:1; Philippians 1:24; Colossians 1:23; 1 Timothy 4:16 only. He says τῇ χρ. not τῇ πίστει to emphasise this absence of all merit and the need of dependence on GOD’s grace exclusively; the thought of πίστει is included in ἐπιμένῃς.

ἐπεὶ, otherwise; cf. Romans 11:6.

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