Verse 19 The third thing which the apostle desires his readers to know is the power of God. But when he thinks of the power of God, he presses all the terms for power in his vocabulary into service in order to convey something of its all-surpassing character. Paul is the only New Testament writer to use this participle translated “exceeding” (Gk. hyperballōn), and he does so in five places altogether. In the other four it is used of
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