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Eph 1:14. Ἡμῶν, of our) He here includes Jews and Greeks.-εἰς ἀπολύτρωσιν, unto redemption) Construe with you were sealed); Eph 4:30. This future deliverance or redemption, by the addition of τῆς περιποιήσεως, of preservation [‘conservationis,’ Engl. Vers., of the purchased possession], is distinguished from the redemption made by the blood of Christ. So περιποίησις σωτηρίας and ψυχῆς, 1Th 5:9; Heb 10:39.-περιποίησις is said of that which remains still, when all other things perish:[14] LXX., 2Ch 14:12 (13); Mal 3:17.
[14] Wahl, in his Clavis, takes περιποίησις passively, “res acquisita; περιούσιος λαὸς, quem Deus hoc consilio elegit ut sit sibi proprius: populus Deo proprius: τοῦ λαοῦ, ὃν περιεποιήσατο Θεός.” The full redemption of His purchased people.-ED.