[here WH mrg. take ὁ ἀγ. absol., connecting it with what follows]; 12:18; 17:5; Mk. 1:11; 9:7; Lk. 3:22; 9:35 (where L mrg. T Tr WH ὁ ἐκλελεγμένος); 2 Pet. 1:17, cf. Mk. 12:6; Lk. 20:13; [cf. Ascensio Isa. (ed. Dillmann) 7:23 sq.; 8:18, 25, etc.]. ἀγαπητοὶ Θεοῦ [W. 194 (182 sq.); B. 190 (165)] is applied to Christians as being reconciled to God and judged by him to be worthy of eternal life: Ro. 1:7, cf. 11:28; 1 Th. 1:4; Col. 3:12, (Sept., Ps. 59 (60):7; 107 (108):7; 126 (127):2, ἀγαπητοί
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