τὴν χάριν : if we add τὴν, see critical notes, “the grace that was of God” Hort, Ecclesia, p. 60, so Alford. παρεκάλει : a true son of encouragement, exhortation see on Acts 4:36, imperfect because Barnabas remained at Antioch, and the result is indicated in Acts 11:24, προσετέθη. This mention of Barnabas and the part played by the primitive Church is referred by Clemen to his Redactor Antijudaicus, p. 109. If we read ἐν τῷ Κ. with R.V. margin we could render “to abide by the purpose of their heart in the Lord,” so Hort, u. s., p. 60; Rendall; cf. 2 Timothy 3:10; and Symmachus, Psalms 10:17 (Weiss). τῷ Κ., i.e., Christ; with this verse cf. Acts 15:32, where St. Luke similarly insists upon the due qualification of divine gifts; Ramsay, St. Paul, p. 45.

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