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Gal_1:5. To the mention of this counsel of deliverance the piety of the apostle annexes a doxology. Comp. 1Ti_1:17; Rom_11:36; Rom_9:5; Rom_16:27; Eph_3:21.
ἡ δόξα ] that is, the honour due to Him for this θέλημα . We have to supply εἴη , and not ἐστί (Vulgate, Hofmann, Matthias), which is inserted (Rom_1:25; 1Pe_4:11) where there is no doxology. So in the frequent doxologies in the apostolic Fathers, e.g. Clement, Cor. I. 20, 38, 43, 45, 50, 58. Comp. the customary εὐλογητός , sc. εἴη , at Rom_9:5; Eph_1:3. See, further, on Eph_3:21.