{If so be that} (ei ge). "If indeed." Condition of first
class with aorist indicatives here, assumed to be true ((886b)ousate
kai edidachth(8874)e). {Even as truth is in Jesus} (kath(9373) estin
al(8874)heia en t(9369) I(8873)ou). It is not clear what Paul's precise idea
is here. The Cerinthian Gnostics did distinguish between the man
Jesus and the aeon Christ. Paul here identifies Christ (verse
 20 ) and Jesus (verse  21 ). At any rate he flatly affirms that
there is "truth in Jesus" which is in direct opposition to the
heathen manner of life and which is further explained by the
epexegetical infinitives that follow (apothesthai, ananeousthai
de, kai endusasthai).