79 Cf. Matt. 5:45, 48.
77The quotation from Origen on p. 287 (n. 54) continues thus: “. . . in order to produce the spiritual works which are therein” (ἐϱγάζεσθαɩ τά ἔνδον ὄντα ἔϱγα πνευματɩϰά).
78Cf. Col. 1:10, ἐν παντì ἔϱγῳ ἀγαθῷ ϰαϱποφοϱοῦντες. The plural ἔϱγα ἀγαθά or ἔϱγα ϰαλά occurs several times in the Pastorals; cf. 1 Tim. 2:10; 5:10, 25; 6:18; Tit. 2:7, 14; 3:8, 14. Whereas here God has prepared good works for his people to “walk therein,” in the Pastorals it is his people who are to be prepared “for every good work” (2 Tim. 2:21; 3:17; Tit. 3:1).
79Cf. Matt. 5:45, 48.
80Cf. 2 Cor. 3:4-18.
81Gk. ἐϰ ψυϰῆς (see p. 400). The NT application of the new covenant oracle of Jer. 31:31-34 also draws on Ezekiel’s prophecy of the new heart and new spirit which God’s people will receive in the age of restoration (Ezek. 11:19-20; 36:25-27).
82Gk. ἐν σαϱϰί, “in flesh”; σάϱξ may denote here either their bodily flesh, which was uncircumcised, or their unregenerate existence (perhaps both ideas are in view).
83Gk. ἐν σαϱϰί ϰεɩϱοποήτου, here plainly with reference to their bodily flesh. Cf. Rom. 2:28, ἡ ἐν τῷ φανεϱῷ ἐν σαϱϰì πεϱɩτομή. For ϰεɩϱοποήτου see p. 103, n. 62 (on Col. 2:11).