In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
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Gill's Exposition
In hope of eternal life,.... Or "for the hope of eternal life"; in order to bring souls to the hope of it. This is another end of the Gospel ministry, as to bring God's elect to faith in Christ, and…
Barnes' Notes
In hope of eternal life - Margin, for. Greek, ἐπ ̓ ἐλπίδι ep' elpidi. This does not mean that Paul cherished the hope of eternal life, but that the “faith of the elect,” which he aimed to secure,…
Adam Clarke
In hope of eternal life - In expectation of a state of being and well being which should last through eternity, when time should be no more. This includes, not only the salvation of the soul and its…
Here is the preface to the epistle, showing,
I. The writer. Paul, a Gentile name taken by the apostle of the Gentiles, Act 13:9, Act 13:46, Act 13:47. Ministers will accommodate even smaller matters,…
Cambridge Bible
in hope of eternal life The force of this phrase -in hope" in N.T. is seen best from 1Co 9:10, -to plow in hope to thresh in hope of partaking," or Rom 4:18, -who in hope believed against hope." It…
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