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This commentary series is established on the presupposition that the theological character of the New Testament documents calls for exegesis that is sensitive to theological themes as well as to the details of the historical, linguistic, and textual context. Such thorough exegetical work lies at the heart of these volumes, which contain detailed verse-by-verse commentary preceded by general...

v 17 ταυτα γαρ P46 (vid) א* B D* G 1739 lat / ταυτα δε א2 A C D2 Ψ byz syrhcl 5:16 Λέγω δέ, ‘What I am saying is this’ (cf. 4:1, λέγω δέ). πνεύματι περιπατεῖτε, ‘walk by the Spirit’. For this ethical or religious sense of περιπατέω (the prefix is otiose) cf. Heb. hālaḵ. Nouns meaning ‘way’ are found in many languages in the sense of the ethical or religious life (Gk. ὁδός as in 1 Cor. 4:17; Acts 9:2, etc.; Heb. halaḵāh, Syr. ʾurḥā, Arab. assabīl, Sanskrit pathin,
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