with a change of reference in Herodotus, v. 111; Xen. Cyrop. v. 5, 5. It is used only by Paul among the writers of the New Testament: Rom. 3:4, 6, 31, 6:2, 15, 7:7, 13, 9:14, 11:1, 11; 1 Cor. 6:15; Gal. 3:21; and with a difference in Gal. 6:14. It is spoken by the people in Luke 20:16. It is usually and suddenly interjected against an opponent’s inference. “God forbid” that any one, for any reason or to any extent, from any misconception or on any pretext, should either imagine or suspect Christ
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