Abounded exceedingly (huperepleonasen). Aorist active indicative of the late and rare (So 1Ti 5:19 and in Herond.) compound huperpleonazō (here alone in N.T.), in later ecclesiastical writers. The simplex pleonazō Paul used in Rom 5:20; Rom 6:1 and the kindred hupereperisseusen used also with hē charis. Paul is fond of compounds with huper. For “faith in Christ Jesus” see note on Gal 3:26, for “faith and love in Christ Jesus” as here, see 2Ti 1:13.