their success. From the whole tenor of the Epistle from the earnestness with which Paul speaks (e.g. 1:6; 3:13; 4:12, 19, 20; 5:1 sq. 7), from his thorough handling of the question of his own doctrinal position, and of the question respecting his apostolic authority, as also from the allusion to the division that had arisen in the church (chaps. 5 and 6), it is sufficiently clear that the Judaizing view, at least, had already completely got the upper hand, and especially that the consideration enjoyed
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