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And now (kai ta nun). Same phrase as in Act 20:22, Act 20:25 save that idou (behold) is wanting and the article ta occurs before nun, accusative of general reference. And as to the present things (or situation) as in Act 4:29.
I commend (paratithemai). Present middle indicative of paratithēmi, old verb to place beside, middle, to deposit with one, to interest as in 1Ti 1:18; 2Ti 2:2. Paul can now only do this, but he does it hopefully. Cf. 1Pe 4:19.
The word of his grace (tōi logōi tēs charitos autou). The instrumentality through preaching and the Holy Spirit employed by God. Cf. Col 4:6; Eph 4:29.
Which is able to build up (tōi dunamenōi oikodomēsai). God works through the word of his grace and so it is able to build up (edify); a favourite Pauline word (1Co 3:10-14; 1Co 3:9; 2Co 5:1; Eph 2:20-22; 2Ti 3:15; etc.), and Jam 1:21. The very words “build” and “inheritance among the sanctified” will occur in Eph 1:11; Eph 3:18 and which some may recall on reading. Cf. Col 1:12. Stephen in Act 7:5 used the word “inheritance” (klēronomian), nowhere else in Acts, but in Eph 1:14, Eph 1:18; Eph 5:5. In Eph 1:18 the very expression occurs “his inheritance among the saints “ (tēn klēronomian autou en tois hagiois).