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This selfsame thing (auto touto). “This very thing,” “the being made sorry according to God” (to kata theon lupēthēnai, articular first aorist passive infinitive with which auto touto agrees and the proleptic subject of the verb kateirgasato.
Earnest care (spoudēn). Diligence, from speudō, to hasten. Cf. Rom 12:11.
Yea (alla). Not adversative use of alla, but copulative as is common (half dozen examples here).
Clearing of yourselves (apologia). In the old notion of apologia (self-vindication, self-defence) as in 1Pe 3:15.
Indignation (aganaktēsin). Old word, only here in N.T. From aganakteo (Mar 10:14, etc.).
Avenging (ekdikēsin). Late word from ekdikeō, to avenge, to do justice (Luk 18:5; Luk 21:22), vindication from wrong as in Luk 18:7, to secure punishment (1Pe 2:14).
Pure (hagnous). Kin to hagios (hazō, to reverence), immaculate.