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Eph 2:8. Τῃ-χάριτι) τῇ has a relative meaning, in reference to Eph 2:5, χάριτι.-γὰρ, for) He does not say, therefore, but for, because he concludes [infers] from the effect to the cause.-διὰ τῆς πίστεως, by faith) which arises from the resurrection of Christ, chap. Eph 1:19,[23] [whence it is not at all mentioned in Eph 2:5, but for the first time in Eph 2:8. See Col 2:12.-V. g.] The antithesis is, not of works; an antithesis of the same kind as that between grace and boasting [“lest any man should boast”].-καὶ τοῦτο) and this, namely, believing, or faith, is not of yourselves. The antithesis is: this is the gift of God alone.
[23] Which passage implies, not merely that faith believes in Christ’s resurrection, but that also it is the same Spirit, which raised Jesus, which raises the spiritually dead and creates in them faith. Comp. “the power of the resurrection,” Php 3:10.-ED.