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9. εἰδότες ὅτι, ‘appeal to an elementary Christian belief,’ Hort, 1Pe 1:18; cf. Rom 6:3; 2Co 4:14; 2Co 5:6. A stronger form is οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι, Rom 6:16, 1Co 3:16 alibi
Χριστὸς κ.τ.λ. The antithetic and rhythmical balance of these clauses suggests a well-known and well-used formula. Cf. above Rom 6:8. It is possible that we have here, too, a fragment of a hymn or confession; cf. 2Ti 2:8. N. the rhythmical character stops at θεῷ.
οὐκέτι ἀποθνήσκει = never again dies: iterative, cf. Moulton, p. 114.
θάνατος α. κ.τ.λ. His resurrection was a triumph over the sovereignty of death (cf. Rom 5:14; 1Co 15:57) and has changed the meaning of death.