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2Co 4:6. Ὅτι, because) He proves, that they were true servants.-ὁ Θεὸς, God) God-to shine, constitutes the subject; then by supplying is (as in Act 4:24-25) the predicate follows, [is He] who hath shone.-ὁ εἰπὼν, He who spake the word) who commanded by a word LXX., εἶπεν, Gen 1:3.-ἐκ σκότους φῶς, light out of darkness) LXX., Job 37:15, φῶς ποιήσας ἐκ σκότους. A great work.-ἔλαμψεν, hath shone) Himself our Light; not only the author of light, but also its fountain, and Sun.-καρδίαις, in our hearts) in themselves dark.-ἐν προσώπῳ[23] Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, in the face of Jesus Christ) Who is the only begotten of the Father and His image, and was manifested in the flesh with His glory.
[23] Both the margin of the 2d Ed. and the Germ. Ver. hint that the name Ἰησοῦ is a doubtful reading; and the same may be said of the reading τοῦ Κυρίου, 2Co 4:10.-E. B.
AB Orig. 1,632f omit ʼ Ιησοῦ. But C Orig. 4,448c have it before Χριστοῦ; and D(Λ)Gfg Vulg. have it after Χριστοῦ. ABCDGfg Vulg. Orig. Iren. omit Κυρίου in 2Co 4:10. It is supported only by some later uncial MSS. and later Syr., etc.-ED.