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7. ἵνα ἐνδείξηται, ‘to display as a trait of his own character.’
ἐν τοῖς αἰῶσιν τοῖς ἐπερχομένοις. Cf. Eph 1:21 τῷ μέλλοντι and Eph 3:21. ‘The ages that are coming on.’ There is a vista ahead to which no limit can be assigned. There is nothing to show that in St Paul’s view the earth would pass away before these ages could begin. With ἐπερχ. cf. Luk 21:26; Jam 5:1; Isa 41:4; Isa 41:22 f., Isa 42:23, Isa 44:7, Isa 45:11.
τὸ ὑπερβάλλον πλοῦτος. Cf. Eph 1:19.
ἐν χρηστότητι ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς. ‘By His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.’ Christ Jesus is the embodiment of God’s loving-kindness to us. χρηστότης, a fairly common word in the LXX. Psalms, used Rom 11:22, Tit 3:4 of the loving-kindness manifested in the salvation of men (cf. Hort on 1Pe 2:3). It is ‘grace’ or ‘mercy’ in action.