virtue” (Bigg, Green; Zahn, Introduction, 220). In fact, δόξα καὶ ἀρετή was already a stock combination in Hellenistic writers, especially Plutarch (examples in Wettstein). In this context, ἀρετή is virtually synonymous with δόξα, and denotes the manifestation of divine power (Deissmann, Bible Studies, 97; TDNT 1, 461). The phrase is a rhetorical variation on θεία δύναμις (“divine power”) and presumably refers to the incarnate life, ministry and resurrection of Christ as a manifestation of divine