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Being confident (πεποιθὼς)
With a slightly causative force: since I am confident.
Hath begun - will perform (ἐναρξάμενος - ἐπιτελέσει)
The two words occur together, 2Co 8:6; Gal 3:3. Both were used of religious ceremonials. So Euripides: “But come! Bring up the sacrificial meal-basket” (ἐξάρχου κανᾶ); that is, begin the offering by taking the barley-meal from the basket (“Iphigenia in Aulis,” 435). Some find the sacrificial metaphor here, and compare Phi 2:17, see note. Perform, better as Rev., perfect. Perform, in its older and literal sense of carrying through (per) or consummating would express the idea; but popular usage has identified it with do.