24 Cf. Col. 1:27.
23“Whereas παϱουσία is used in the Pauline homologoumena (cf. 1 Cor. 15:23; 1 Thess. 2:19; 3:13; 4:15; 5:23; 2 Thess. 2:1), it is replaced by ἐπɩφάνεɩα in the Pastorals (1 Tim. 6:14; 2 Tim. 1:10; 4:1, 8; Tit. 2:13); the two words are combined in 2 Thess. 2:8 (τῇ ἐπɩφανεɩᾳ τῆς παϱουσίας αὐτοῡ, “by the dawning of his parousia”).
24Cf. Col. 1:27.
25J. S. Stewart, A Man in Christ, p. 202.
26Rom. 8:19.
27Eccl. 1:2, etc. Paul may have had Ecclesiastes (LXX) in mind when he describes the creation as subjected to ματαɩότης (Rom. 8:20).
28Rom. 8:21.
29Rom. 8:19, τὴν ἀποϰάλυψɩν τѽν υἱѽυ τοῡ θεοῡ.