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A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Ephesians is unavailable, but you can change that!

Lange’s Commentary on the Holy Scriptures has served as a standard reference for more than a century. The subtitle “Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical” aptly describes the three-pronged approach to the biblical text. This translated version of the German text is often considered by many to be superior to the original.

adversus, with the implied notion of hostility (‘contra’), which is otherwise less usual unless it is involved in the verb. Comp. WINER, p. 378.—R.] Against the wiles of the devil, πρὸς τὰς μεθοδείας τοῦ διαβόλου.—LUTHER very aptly renders it: “against the crafty assaults of the devil.” The plural marks both the multiplicity of the concrete cases, and the obstinacy of the repeated attack (STIER).* Craft and strength are both present in the assault, but the latter is concealed under the former,
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