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3. τί γάρ; Php 1:18 only. Introduces an objection which must be met. The passage is closely condensed.
εἰ ἠπίστησαν. ἀπιστεῖν always = to disbelieve (from ἄπιστος = unbelieving), even prob. 2Ti 2:13. The aor. refers to the definite act of the rejection of the Gospel, the climax of τὰ λὸγια τοῦ θεοῦ; cf. Rom 11:20, and for the limitation in τινες cf. Rom 10:16 and Rom 9:6, Rom 11:25.
τὴν πίστιν τοῦ θεοῦ, the faithfulness of GOD—apparently the only place in N.T. where the gen. in this or cognate phrases is subjective; but the sense is determined by ἀλήθης infra; and the thought |[96] 1Co 1:9; Heb 10:23; 1Th 5:24, alibi S. H. qu. Lam 3:23; Ps. Sol. 8:35 (only in LXX[98]). For πίστις in this sense cf. Mat 23:23; Gal 5:22; 1Ti 5:12 (?); Tit 2:10. See Lft, Gal. p. 157; Hort, 1 Pet. p. 81.
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[98] LXX. the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament
καταργήσει. This seems to be a ‘volitive’ future, near akin to the ‘deliberative’ subjunctive: ‘shall it really annul’ = ‘are we to allow it or suppose it to annul.’ Cf. Moulton, pp. 150, 239; cf. Rom 9:20, appy the only |[99]. For the thought cf. Rom 9:6, Rom 11:29. For καταργεῖν cf. Rom 4:14; Gal 3:17, alibi Paul only exc. Lk. (1), Heb. (1); from the literal sense ‘to make sterile or barren,’ Luk 13:7, the metaph. follows—’to deprive of effect, abrogate, annul.’
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