90
Eph. iii. 19; iv. 13. It is not certain that by Him 'who filleth all in all' St. Paul does not mean the Father rather than the Son. But iv. 10 supports the interpretation given above.
91
Col. i. 19; Phil. ii. 9-11.
92
And the word rendered 'filleth' may have a middle and not a passive sense, the idea being perhaps suggested that God 'fills all things for his own purpose.'
93
That is, they were 'predestined to an adoption' (Eph. i. 5) which it is implied they have already received.
94
On the virtuous aspect of the contemporary empire, see Renan, Les Apôtres, pp. 306 ff.
95
Rom. ii. 14.
96
See app. note B (#pgepubid00068), p. 255.
97
Is. xxxiii. 14, 15.
98
Cf. app. note C (#pgepubid00070), p. 263, for a similar thought in a contemporary Jewish book.
99
Sanday and Headlam's Romans, pp. 122-124.
100
Hebr. ix. 8.
101
1 Peter ii. 4.
102
1 Thess. v. 14; 1 Cor. v. – vi. 11.
103
Col. i. 28.
104
Luke xii. 42.
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Gal. iv. 11; v. 1.
106
Col. ii. 20-22.
107
Cor. xi. 2, 16.
108
Tit. iii. 10.
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John ii. 19-21.
110
Acts xv. 16.
111
See app. note D (#pgepubid00072), p. 264, on the Brotherhood of St. Andrew.
112
Acts xxii. 17-21. 'While I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance, and saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem… Depart: for I will send thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles.'
113
Gal. i. 15. 'It was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, even from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles.'
114
Col. i. 24-29; iv. 3, 4.