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15. καθὼς καὶ ὁ ἀγαπητὸς ἡμῶν ἀδελφὸς Παῦλος. It has been usual to take καθὼς as referring to the topic of the end of the world, and to suppose that the Epistles to the Thessalonians are specially indicated. But others (incl. Mayor) would refer καθώς to the sentence immediately preceding about μακροθυμία, and point to certain passages in Romans, especially Rom 2:4 καὶ τῆς μακοθυμίας καταφρονεῖς ἀγνοῶν ὅτι τὸ χρηστὸν τοῦ θεοῦ εἰς μετάνοιάν σε ἄγει; also Rom 3:25-26, Rom 9:22-23, Rom 11:22-23. ὑμῖν would then naturally mean that this Epistle is itself addressed to the Romans.
κατὰ τῆν δοθεῖσαν αὐτῷ σοφίαν. Cf. 1Co 3:10 κατὰ τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι.