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SECTION XII.

CHAPTER VI. 21-24.

EPILOGUS.

TEXT.

21 But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:

22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.

23 Peace be to the brethren, and love, with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

PARAPHRASE.

21 Tychicus, a beloved brother, and faithful minister of the Lord, in the work of the Gospel, shall acquaint you how matters stand with me, and how I do, and give you a parti22 cular account how all things stand here. I have sent him, on purpose, to you, that you might know the state of our affairs, 23 and that he might comfort your hearts. Peace be to the brethren, and love, with faith, from God the Father, and the 24 Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with all those that love our Lord Jesus Christ with sincerity a.

NOTES.

24 a Ev aplapova, "in sincerity," so our translation; the Greek word signifies "in incorruption." St. Paul closes all his epistles with this benediction,

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grace be with you;" but this here is so peculiar a way of expressing himself, that it may give us some reason to inquire what thoughts suggested it. It has been remarked more than once, that the main business of his epistle is that which fills his mind, and guides his pen, in his whole discourse. In this to the Ephesians he sets forth the Gospel, as a dispensation so much, in every thing, superior to the law; that it was to debase, corrupt, and destroy the Gospel, to join circumcision and the observance of the law, as necessary to it. Having writ this epistle to this end, he here, in the close, having the same thought still upon his mind, pronounces favour on all those that love the Lord Jesus Christ in incorruption, i. e. without the mixing or joining any with him, in the work of our salvation, that may render the Gospel useless and ineffectual. For thus he says, Gal. v. 2, "If ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing." This I submit to the consideration of the judicious reader.

INDE X.

N. B. Where letters are added to the numbers, they refer to Notes at the bottom of the pages.

A.

Benevolence, what it signifies,
(1 Cor. vii.)

Boasting, how taken from
by the Gospel,
Bodies, why St. Paul
them to be presented to

113, a. the Jews

278, a.

requires

God, 361, a.

ABIDE in the same calling, how
this phrase is to be understood,
page 116, f.
Abolished, how the law of Moses
was abolished by Christ, 419, k.
Accursed, to whom the apostle ulti-
mately applies this, (Gal. i.)
33, c.
Adam, all men became mortal by
his sin,
293, a.
Adoption, belonged only to
Jews before Christ's coming,
398, h.
Ay, how used in the New Testa-
ment,
411, 1: 429, r.
Anointed, what it signifies, (2 Cor.
i.)
192, b. By, sometimes signifies, in

Bondage, what it signifies, (2 Cor.
xi.)
232, e.
Born after the flesh, and spirit,
beautiful expressions,
60, d.

-out of due time, the apostle Paul's saying so of himself explained,

167, a.

80,

Brother, why Paul called Timothy 186, a. By his own power, how to be understood, 111, s. the time

of,

425, i.

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11.

13.

Epistles of Paul, causes of their
obscurity,
4, &c.
expositors often put their
own sense on them,
the author's way of study-
ing, and method of interpreting
them,
Esau have 1 hated, to be taken in
a national sense,
339, m.
Establishment of the Gentile Chris-
tians, how taken care of by St.
Paul,
254, 1.
Every soul, the meaning of it,
(Rom. xiii.)
367, a.
Examine, (1 Cor. xi.) how to be

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287, b: 290, g.
how God is the Father of it,
407, c.
God, in what sense it is said God
is one, (Gal. iii.)
50, c.
Gods many and Lords many, in
what sense to be understood,

122, c.
Grace, how it is said much more
to abound, (Rom. v.) -301, e.
what it is to be under grace,

306, o
appeared

the glory of it
peculiarly in the first converts,
402, u: 413, x.

H.

F.

Faith, what it imports, (1 Cor. xii.)
150, g.

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Inexcusable, upon

what

262, y.
account

ibid.

the Jews were so,
Inheritance of God, the Gentiles
on their believing became so,
402, s.

Inns, not used in eastern countries
as among us.
382, b.
Israel, in a spiritual sense, includes
the believing Gentiles, 338, h.
Israelites, in respect of what their
minds were blinded, 200, n.
Justification, how ascribed to our
Saviour's resurrection, 348, 1.

what of life, (Rom. v.) what
298, m.

it means,

K.

Knowledge, (Rom. i.) signifies ac-
knowledgment,

Lie, the apostle plainly uses it for
sin in general,

Lord is that Spirit, the meaning of
this expression,

M.

Malice, (1 Cor. xiv.) used in an
extensive sense,
162, k.
Man, the two principles in him,
flesh and spirit, described, 65-6
Manifestation of the sons of God, the
meaning of that phrase, 332, t.
Many, put for all mankind, 295, e.
Men, carnal and spiritual, distin-
guished,
93, b, c.
Messiah, how the Jews expected
deliverance from him,
Ministration of righteousness, why
the Gospel is so called, 199, i.
Mortal and incorruptible, (1 Cor.
176, o.

xv.) how to be understood,
Mystery, the meaning of,

347, k.

385, i.

N.

260, r.

L.

Law, by St. Paul usually called
flesh,

Newness of spirit, what meant by
it,
314, b.
Not named or known, what it sig-
nifies,
105, c.

46, c.

O.

265, g:

274, k.

what is meant by being with-

out a law,

taken for the whole Old Offence, how the law entered,

Testament,
what deeds of the law sig-

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nify,

275, 1.
used in Scripture for a com-
mand with a penalty annexed,

Offended,

(Rom. xiv.)

what it

means,

375, m.

One God, (Rom. iii.),

how to

294, c

be understood,

how the phrase the law
entered (Rom. v.) is to be un-
derstood,
299, a.

of the expression, but

one,

(Gal. iii.) the

278, d.
meaning
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50, c.

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