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2Co 6:16. Συγκατάθεσις) LXX. Exo 23:1 : οὐ συγκαταθήσῃ μετὰ τοῦ ἀδίκου, thou shalt not agree with the wicked.-μετὰ εἰδώλων, with idols) He does not say, μετὰ ναοῦ εἰδώλων, with the temple of idols (although the Syriac version supplies with the temple), for idols do not dwell in their worshippers.-ὑμεῖς, ye) The promises, made to Israel, belong also to us.-ἐνοικήσω-λαὸς, I will dwell in them-my people) Lev 26:11-12, LXX. θήσω τὴν σκηνήν μου ἐν ὑμῖν-καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω ἐν ὑμῖν, καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῶν Θεὸς, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἕσεσθέ μοι λαός: I will set my tabernacle among you-and I will walk among you, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people. Paul quotes a single verse, he wishes the whole paragraph to be considered as repeated.-ἐμπεριπατήσω, I will walk among [in]) I will dwell signifies the continuance of the Divine presence; I will walk; its operation. The subject of God’s gracious dwelling in the soul and body of the saints may be explained from its contrary, viz., the subject of [the question concerning] spiritual and bodily [demoniacal] possession; as every dispensation of evil and good may be compared together according to their opposite aspects [principles].-ἔσομαι, I will be) The sum of the Divine covenant, Exo 6:7; Heb 8:10.-Θεός· λαός, their God: my people) There is a gradation, [here Θεὸς; but in 2Co 6:18, εἰς πατέρα] in the relation of a father; [again here λαός; but εἰς υἱοὺς] in the relation of sons, 2Co 6:18; Rev 21:3; Rev 21:7; Jer 31:1; Jer 31:9.