Used only by Paul. Compare Eph 2:18; Eph 3:12. Lit., the act of bringing to. Hence some insist on the transitive sense, introduction. Compare 1Pe 3:18; Eph 2:13. The transitive sense predominates in classical Greek, but there are undoubted instances of the intransitive sense in later Greek, and some illustrations are cited from Xenophon, though their meaning is disputed.
Into this grace
Grace is conceived as a field into which we are brought. Compare Gal 1:6; Gal 5:4; 1Pe 5:12. The; state of justification which is preeminently a matter of grace.