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The God of patience and comfort (ho theos tēs hupomonēs kai tēs paraklēseōs). Genitive case of the two words in Rom 15:4 used to describe God who uses the Scriptures to reveal himself to us. See note on 2Co 1:3 for this idea; Rom 15:13 for “the God of hope”; Rom 15:33 for “the God of peace.”
Grant you (dōiē humin). Second aorist active optative (Koiné[28928]š form for older doiē) as in 2Th 3:16; Eph 1:17; 2Ti 1:16, 2Ti 1:18; 2Ti 2:25, though MSS. vary in Eph 1:17; 2Ti 2:25 for dōēi (subjunctive). The optative here is for a wish for the future (regular idiom).
According to Christ Jesus (kata Christon Iēsoun). “According to the character or example of Christ Jesus” (2Co 11:17; Col 2:8; Eph 5:24).