John Bengel Commentary - Ephesians 6:10 - 6:10

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John Bengel Commentary - Ephesians 6:10 - 6:10


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Eph 6:10. Τὸ λοιπὸν, finally) The particle or form of concluding, and of rousing the attention, as it were, to an important subject; 2Co 13:11.-ἀδελφοὶ,[98] brethren) He thus addresses them in this one passage of the epistle. Nowhere do soldiers use to one another the title brethren more than in the field of battle.-ἐνδυναμοῦσθε, be strong) Those, and those only, who are strong in themselves, are fitted for putting on the whole armour [the panoply].-καὶ) a Hendiadys.-κράτει τῆς ἰσχύος, by the power of His might) This is said of Christ, as Eph 1:19 of the Father.

[98] By some accident or other, the pronoun μου, the omission of which is countenanced by both Ed., has crept into the Germ. Vers.-E. B.

Gg Vulg., later Syr., read ἀδελφοὶ, but omit μου, which Rec. Text adds. BD(Δ) Lucif. omit both words. A adds ἀδελφοὶ after ἐνδυναμοῦσθε, instead of before it. The fact of this being the only place where the ἀδελφοὶ is read, and also this being an encyclical letter, make it probable, ἀδελφοὶ is an interpolation.-ED.