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Rom 10:8. Ἀλλὰ, but) The particle here either has an augmentative [ἐπιτατικήν: end. on Epitasis] meaning as in Mat 11:8-9, or falls upon ἐγγὺς, nigh thee.-ἐγγὺς, nigh) We ought not to seek Christ at a distance, but within us. For while faith is beginning to believe, Christ dwells in the heart. This seeking for Christ [at a distance, instead of within one’s own heart] is found not only in those who are merely beginning, but even in those who are making progress in faith, Son 3:1; Psa 105:3-4. For he is here speaking, as if the righteousness of faith were itself conversing with itself.-ἐν τῷ στόματί σου καὶ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου) so it is in the Hebrew, but the LXX. add καὶ ἐν ταῖς χερσί σου τοῦτʼ ἔστι) The word, that is, the word of faith is nigh thee.