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93 See p. 201.

93 See p. 201.

92Gk. ὀναίμην, optative of ὀνίνημɩ (cf. p. 213, n. 59).

93See p. 201.

94Ignatius, Eph. 2:2, Image ὑμῶν δɩἀ παντóς, ἐάνπεϱ ἄξɩoς ὦ (the construction is the same as Paul’s ἐγώ σoν ὀναίμην ἐν ϰνϱίῳ).

95Gk. σπλάγϰνα, as in v. 7 (cf. v. 12).

96Cf. p. 164, n. 178 (on Col. 3:18). “If one uses the familiar Christian cliché, ‘Become what you are!’, the one may say that what you are is ‘in Christ’, and what you are to become is ’in the Lord’” (C. F. D. Moule, The Origin of Christology[Cambridge, 1977], p. 59). Here the phrase “in the Lord” is tantamount to “in the Lord’s service” (Moule, op. cit., p. 54) or “for the service of the gospel” (E. Lohmeyer, ad loc, quoted with approval by J. Knox, Philemon among the Letters, p. 25).

97Theophylactus, Commentary on the Letter to Philemon (PG 125.174B): εἰ ἀγαπητóς, δώσεɩ τὴν ϰάϱɩν εἰ συνεϱγóς, oὺ ϰαθέξεɩ τòν δoῦλoν, ἀλλἀ πάλɩν ἀπoστελεῖ πϱòς ύπηϱεσίαν τoῦ ϰηϱύγματoς, oὖ ϰαὶ αὺτòς ἐϱγάτης ἐστίν.

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