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Mat 7:23. Τότε, κ.τ.λ., then, etc.) although they had not thought so before.-ὁμολογήσω, I will profess) sc. openly. Great was the authority evinced by this saying: see Mat 7:29.-οὐδέποτε, κ.τ.λ., never, etc.) although you cite My Name.-οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι, κ.τ.λ., that work, etc.) Not even then will their iniquity have been changed.[346]-ἀνομίαν, iniquity) how much soever they may boast of the Law.[347] Unbelief exclusively damns (Infidelitas proprie damnat); and yet in the Judgment the Law is rather cited; see ch. Mat 25:35; Mat 25:42; Rom 2:12, because the reprobate, even then, when they see Christ visibly manifest, will not comprehend the true nature of faith.
[346] He means that our Lord will address them as even then working iniquity with hearts still unconverted.-(I. B.)
[347] There is a play upon the words ἀνομία, the state or conduct of those who are without law, and ὁ νόμος, the Law, on which they self-righteously and delusively relied.-(I. B.)