69 C. Hodge, Ephesians, pp. 119–20.
63The article in τῇ γὰϱ ϰάϱιτί ἐστε σεσωσμένοι points back to the ϰάϱιζ already mentioned in vv. 5 and 7.
64That is to say, διὰ πίστεωζ here has the same force as the fuller διά πίστεωζ Iησοῦ Xϱιστοῦ in Gal. 2:16, where Iησοῦ Xϱιστοῦ is objective genitive (see F. F. Bruce, Galatians, pp. 138–39). Cf. p. 322, n. 70.
65Gk. ϰαὶ τοῦτο (adverbial accusative), “and at that, and especially” (BDF § 290 (5)); cf. Rom. 13:11; 1 Cor. 6:6, 8; Phil. 1:28.
66J. A. Robinson, Ephesians, p. 157; “but the context,” he adds, “demands the wider reference . . . ’salvation by grace.’ “
67H. Schlier (who himself prefers the wider reference) cites, as holding that faith is referred to, Chrysostom, Theodoret, Beza, Estius, Bengel, Westcott, Staab (Der Brief an die Epheser, p. 115, n. 1).
68Augustine, Enchiridion 31; On the Predestination of the Saints 12.
69C. Hodge, Ephesians, pp. 119–20.
70E. K. Simpson, Ephesians, p. 55.