Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

Matthew 10:32-33

Solemn reference to the final Judgment. οὖν points back to Matthew 10:27, containing injunction to make open proclamation of the truth. πᾶς ὅστις : nominative absolute at the head of the sentence. ἐν ἐμοὶ, ἐν αὐτῷ : observe these phrases after the verb in Matthew 10:32, compared with the use of the accusative με, αὐτὸν in the following verse: “confess in me,” “deny me,” “confess in him,” “deny him”. Chrysostom's comment is: we confess by the grace of Christ, we deny destitute of grace. Origen (Cremer, Catenae, i. p. 80) interprets the varying construction as indicating that the profit of the faithful disciple lies in fellowship with Christ and the loss of the unfaithful in the lack of such fellowship. (ὅρα δὲ, εἰ μὴ τὸ πλεονέκτημα τοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ ὁμολογοῦντος, ἤδη ὄντως ἐν χριστῷ δηλοῦται, ἐκ τοῦ, “ κἀγὼ ἐν αὐτῷ ” ὁμολογεῖν · τὸ δὲ κακὸν τοῦ ἀρνουμένου, ἐκ τοῦ μὴ συνῆφθαι τῇ ἀρνήσει τὸ “ ἐν ἐμοὶ,” ἢ τὸ “ ἐν αὐτῷ ”.)

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Matthew 10:32-33

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