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That might be fulfilled (hina plērōthēi). It is usually assumed that hina here with the first aorist passive subjunctive of plēroō has its full telic force. That is probable as God’s design, but it is by no means certain since hina is used in the N.T. with the idea of result, just as ut in Latin is either purpose or result, as in Joh 6:7; Joh 9:2; 1Th 5:4; Gal 5:17; Rom 11:11 (Robertson, Grammar, p. 998). Paul in Rom 10:16 quotes Isa 53:1 as John does here but without hina. See note on Rom 10:16 for discussion of the quotation. The next verse adds strength to the idea of design.