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This is the only epistle of Paul which closes with a doxology. The doxology (see on Rom 14:23) stands at the close of this chapter in most of the very oldest MSS., and in the Peshito or Syriac and Vulgate versions. In a very few MSS. it is omitted or erased by a later hand. In many MSS. including most of the cursives, it is found at the close of ch. 14, and in a very few, at the close of both 14 and 16. Weiss (“Introduction to the New Testament”) says that the attempt to prove its un-Pauline character has only been the result of extreme ingenuity.
Stablish (στηρίξαι)
See on 1Pe 5:10.
Mystery
See on Rom 11:25. The divine plan of redemption. The particular mystery of the conversion of the Gentiles, which is emphasized in Eph 3:3-9; Col 1:26, is included, but the reference is not to be limited to this.
Kept secret (σεσιγημένου)
Rev., more accurately, kept in silence. In Eph 3:9; Col 1:26, ἀποκεκρυμμένον hidden away, is used.