120 Cf. Eph. 4:32; 5:1.
119Gk. ὡς ἐϰλεϰτοὶ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἃγɩοɩ ϰαὶ ἠγαπημένοɩ. For the association of election and holiness see Eph. 1:4 (p. 255); 1 Pet. 1:2; for the connection between being chosen by God and loved by God see 1 Thess. 1:4; 2 Thess. 2:13.
120Cf. Eph. 4:32; 5:1.
121Gk. σπλάγϰνα οἰϰτɩϱμοῦ. For the collocation of the two words (in parataxis) cf. Phil. 2:1, σπλάγϰνα ϰαì οἰϰτɩϱμοί.
122Gk. σπλαγϰνίζομαɩ (cf. Mark 8:1; 9:22; Luke 10:33; 15:20).
123Gk. δɩὰ τѽν οἰϰτɩϱμѽν τοῦ θεοῦ.
124Gk. ὁ πατὴϱ τѽν οἰϰτɩϱμѽν.
125Gk. ϰϱηστότης.
126Ps. 33:8 LXX, ὅτɩ ϰϱηστὸς ὁ ϰύϱɩος (quoted in 1 Pet. 2:3).