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Col 1:27. Οἷς) inasmuch as being persons, to whom. An explanation.-ἠθέλησεν, it was the will of God) most freely.-ὁ πλοῦτος, the riches) [descending] upon all men; see Eph 1:7, note.-ὅς, who) for ὃ, which.-Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν, Christ in you) The parallel expressions are, ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, and ἐν ὑμῖν, in the Gentiles, and in you. Christ in (among) the Gentiles was the greatest paradox at that time. Comp. in, Eph 3:8, (17); 1Ti 3:16.[3]-ἡ ἐλπὶς τῆς δόξης, the hope of glory) Christ in us is a most delightful thing in itself, but much more delightful in respect of those things which shall be revealed, ch. Col 3:4; Eph 1:18. So Rom 5:2.
[3] Bengel, therefore, not attending to mere emphasis, also acknowledged here the same signification of the word ἐν, which Ernesti approves, in Attone Bibl. th. T. x. p. 130; but in the Germ. Vers., on the margin, he has not hesitated to intimate, that that maturer communion with Christ, which assuredly surpasses all human reason, is the delightful consequence of preaching among the Gentiles, by the quotation of Eph 3:17.-E. B.