1:1 at (a-19) Lit. 'in,' as Acts 13:1 ; Revelation 2:1 . Ephesus.
(b-20) It may be interesting to mention that though 'at Ephesus' is
found in almost all copies, many authorities would leave it out. Some,
without sufficient ground, have considered it as a kind of circular.
Compare Colossians 4:16 .... [ Continue Reading ]
2:2 world, (c-12) ' _ Aion_ of this _ Kosmos_ .' i.e. the course of
this world; see Notes, 1 Corinthians 1:20 . disobedience. (d-32) As
ch. 5.6.... [ Continue Reading ]
2:3 do, (e-25) Not 'the will of the flesh and the thoughts,' but 'the
things willed.'... [ Continue Reading ]
2:5 saved (f-15) 'Saved.' The perfect tense, not the principle on
which we are saved, but the actual fact, what has been done and so
abides. so ver. 8.... [ Continue Reading ]
2:7 us (g-18) That which is actually bestowed, not merely in the heart
of God.... [ Continue Reading ]
2:12 God (h-27) Or 'atheists.'... [ Continue Reading ]
2:21 [the] (a-4) I judge that the correct reading in the Greek is
without the article. This construction directs the mind to all the
component parts of the thing in question. So here the building is not
viewed as one completed thing but was 'growing to' a temple ( _ naos_
). He is looking at a build... [ Continue Reading ]