support heretical views29 that the Fathers tended to adopt the view that the words belong in verse 3. Despite this hesitation it seems that this is the better way to understand the text; the point should go after the words in question so that they are read as part of verse 3. To take the text in this way is to get a terse and forceful statement in verse 4, while the retention of the disputed words in the previous verse is natural and adds to the emphasis that is there built up. The other way of
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