all understanding (Philippians 4:7). “For the excellency (δια το υπερεχον) of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord” (Philippians 3:8). In fact, the passage now before us, and 1 Peter 2:13, a parallel passage, are the only instances in which our translators have furnished a different rendering. Hence, some expositors have been disposed to lay no little stress upon this epithet, as distinctly defining the character of the powers here intended, and as limiting to such the subjection here enjoined,