Note 46 — Chapter X
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On St James' use of that great incident, see detached note, p. 115.
[47] We see much reason, however, in the explanation which connects κατὰ σάρκα with πατέρα (or προπάτορα) ἡμῶν: "our father according to the flesh," our natural progenitor.
[48] In the Greek, ἐπίστευσε stands first in the clause, and is thus emphatic.
[49] Not that μισθὸς always gives the thought of earning as a right. It may mean merely "result, issue," however realized. See e.g. 2 John 8. But the context here decides the reference.
[50] By the position of the name in the Greek sentence.
[51] Διὰ ἀκροβυστίας: as if passing through its seeming obstacle.
[52] So the Greek precisely. But practically the words "for those" may be omitted here.
[53] See Article xxv.
[54] See Article xxviii.